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Originally Posted by omon
correction, i should have said, you can,t dim cfl with regular incd. dimmer. you need one that is designed for cfl.
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Ah yes. They got you coming and going to buy products I don't really want.
To begin with, there are already two different dimmers that incandescent lights work on quite well. One is a rotary knob where you can slowly dim (or brighten) to the intensity you want. The other is step up (or down) switches like a common 3-way switch. Yes, you have to buy a 3-way bulb to work, but usually all but the high beam burn out anyway.
Oh, I forgot another. It's a 3-way switch that my wife and I use for our bedside lamps. The nice thing about them (and that's different) is you don't have to grope for the switch. Just touch the lamp and the light comes on. A second touch its a little brighter and just right for reading. A third touch is bright enough to help me find a hearing aid battery I dropped on the floor. The fourth touch is OFF.
Well, then, there's The Clapper, but who's interested in that thing.
In either case, the CFLs won't work on the present day dimmer, 3-way, touch or clapper switches. You have to buy SPECIAL switches, at more cost than perhaps the bulbs, and install them IF they will fit in your standard switch boxes.