Dimmable bulbs

Not that i've seen, you need a certain control gear to make a fluorescent lamp dimmable and usually a certain type of dimmer too.

All energy saving lamps I have seen come with standard gear built into the base.

 

Actually excuse my daftness, its too early.

Im sure megaman do a dimmable low energy now.

 

Its yours for £10, how many would you like?

 

I plant my bulbs in the garden!

 

or are they those megaman ones where you dim them by switching them on and off?



Would you not get RSI in your fingers doing that all evening?

 

Cant deny that its digital dimming though

 

:^O

 

Megaman do a dimmable cfl lamp - but only 11W (60W equiv - why dim that?). It has 4 stages of dimmness - and works as you say by switching on and off - either with your dimmer switch or a normal switch.
I've ordered one to test it out at home.

They do make them in larger Watts, but not yet available in UK

SB

 

> It has 4 stages of dimmness -




Sounds like Handyandy! :^O

 

There's
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Lighting_Menu_Index/Lamps_and_Tubes_Index/Low_Energy_SwitchDimmable/index.html

again switch dimmable but it says "smooth" not discrete steps, and 20W.

If you look at the "technical - pdf56k" on the product page, they actually mention a dimmable low energy using a conventional dimmer switch as being "not yet available", so maybe they're working on it??

 

http://www.ebulbshop.com/