Dimmer Switches

Dimming LED lights can improve ambience, reduce energy use, and extend bulb life — but only if your dimmer is compatible. Learn the difference between leading-edge and trailing-edge dimmers, how to fix flickering, and which dimmer switches work best with modern LED bulbs.

By manipulating a tiny knob on one’s living room wall, it’s possible to completely alter the mood and ambience of a room at the drop of a hat. However, this actually carries with it a host of less obvious but equally favourable benefits such as reduced energy consumption and improved longevity – the longer your light bulbs are dimmed, the less energy they use and the longer they last. Got it? Great.

The proliferation of LED light bulbs in recent years has magnified these benefits yet further, with massively reduced wattages and hugely inflated lifetimes meaning that our light bulbs are now lasting longer than ever before.

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