Hi all,
I am looking for dimmable Gu10 energy savers. I have looked around and come across only one brand made by Megaman but they are only dimmable using standard dimmers and do not work on touch or remote dimmers.
This is what megaman quote regarding why they do not work with remote/touch dimmers
"Most Touch Dimmers are designed with either an Integrated Circuit (IC) or with a built-in
Micro-controller (MCU) in some cases to detect certain waveforms during the dimming
process. Touch dimmers are designed to detect the waveforms generated by the
incandescent lamps and such a waveform is sinusoidal in nature.
On the other hand, dimming a CFL lamp with an incandescent touch dimmer is not
encouraged because the waveform of the CFL during the dimming process differs
largely from the waveform which the touch dimmers are designed to detect. The
inconsistent signals detected by the touch dimmers will cause the CFL dimming lamp to
be erratic in operation.
Remarks:
The incandescent lamp is an impedance load with a power factor of 1. Hence, their
waveform is in phase and sinusoidal. However, the power factor of CFLs is much lower.
Hence, the waveform for a CFL is neither sinusoidal nor regular."
Now i dont understand much of the above but has any other company managed to work around the remote/touch dimmers?
If not then how about LED GU10 dimmables? I am just looking to cut costs using my existing set up.
Many thanks,
Nav
I am looking for dimmable Gu10 energy savers. I have looked around and come across only one brand made by Megaman but they are only dimmable using standard dimmers and do not work on touch or remote dimmers.
This is what megaman quote regarding why they do not work with remote/touch dimmers
"Most Touch Dimmers are designed with either an Integrated Circuit (IC) or with a built-in
Micro-controller (MCU) in some cases to detect certain waveforms during the dimming
process. Touch dimmers are designed to detect the waveforms generated by the
incandescent lamps and such a waveform is sinusoidal in nature.
On the other hand, dimming a CFL lamp with an incandescent touch dimmer is not
encouraged because the waveform of the CFL during the dimming process differs
largely from the waveform which the touch dimmers are designed to detect. The
inconsistent signals detected by the touch dimmers will cause the CFL dimming lamp to
be erratic in operation.
Remarks:
The incandescent lamp is an impedance load with a power factor of 1. Hence, their
waveform is in phase and sinusoidal. However, the power factor of CFLs is much lower.
Hence, the waveform for a CFL is neither sinusoidal nor regular."
Now i dont understand much of the above but has any other company managed to work around the remote/touch dimmers?
If not then how about LED GU10 dimmables? I am just looking to cut costs using my existing set up.
Many thanks,
Nav
