A dimmer, or dimmer switch, changes the brightness of the light: from full brightness for cleaning to soft evening light \u2014 for watching a film or as a night light in the children’s room. It sits where an ordinary switch would, so it looks just as neat in a frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A rotary dimmer<\/a> changes the brightness as you turn the knob \u2014 smoothly, without steps. The electronics inside regulate the power that reaches the bulbs. The dimmers in Switch Point collections are rated for loads of up to 500 W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check the bulb packaging before you buy. If one light fitting has different bulbs, they may dim differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Add up the wattage of all the bulbs on the circuit. A chandelier with 6 LED bulbs of 7 W each \u2014 that is 42 W, and a 500 W dimmer handles such a load with a wide margin. With LED bulbs the margin is especially important: their drivers draw a higher current at switch-on, so it is best to keep the total LED wattage well below the dimmer’s rating. Follow the bulb manufacturer’s recommendations as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Living room and kitchen-living room, bedroom, children’s room (as a night light), dining area. A dimmer is not suitable for an extractor fan or sockets, though: it is designed for lighting only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To turn the light on from two places and adjust its brightness from one, fit a two-way dimmer<\/a> paired with a two-way switch<\/a>. A typical example is the bedroom: the switch by the door, the dimmer by the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With LED bulbs, dimmed light uses slightly less power, but the main benefit of a dimmer is comfort and mood, not savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No. A dimmer controls lighting only, and appliances must not be connected through it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How a rotary dimmer works, which bulbs support brightness control, how to work out the load and why LED bulbs can flicker on a dimmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1297,"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions\/1297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/switchpoint.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Which bulbs can be dimmed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How to calculate the load<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Why bulbs flicker and how to fix it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Where a dimmer makes sense<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Two-way dimmer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Does a dimmer save electricity?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Can a socket or an appliance be connected to a dimmer?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n