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Jan 21, 2009 13:37

Uh.. any electricians out there ( Read more... )

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wetwork January 21 2009, 19:42:36 UTC

it's the dimmer. our living room does the same thing.

i find it extremely distracting and spend a lot of time in the dark.

the guy we live with went out and bought a new switch at the dollar store. he could have just replaced the bulb with something that works in a dimmer switch, but instead, he bought a new switch at the dollar store.

i won't let him replace it. he told me he could do it without turning the power off.

obfuscate January 21 2009, 19:43:51 UTC

Eh, switches are fairly cheap, so that wouldn't put me off. The fact that he'd do it without turning off the power sure does though!

luminousx January 21 2009, 20:08:43 UTC

haha and I was freaking out about not being able to shut down all the power to my apartment to change the thermostat. Someone doing a switch replacement with live wires sounds like a circus act!

wetwork January 21 2009, 22:08:23 UTC

yeah, he's.. hahaha, a bright one.

(snicker)

i'm sorry, i couldn't help myself.

genevieve1352 January 21 2009, 20:05:50 UTC

Bah! humbuzz!

(Sorry. Had to.)

:-)

meredith_mae January 21 2009, 21:02:33 UTC

It's the dimmer. My bathroom has 3 bulbs above the mirror, and oddly, they're on a dimmer (I know, in the bathroom?) and I just left incandescent in there when I switched out the rest of the bulbs in the house. Supposedly they are inventing CFLs that will work with dimmers, someday.

obfuscate January 22 2009, 05:27:00 UTC

Well, but I've had CFLs work on dimmers before, only at full power.

fishnetfatale January 22 2009, 07:46:27 UTC

Yah... they'll work on a dimmer, but (see above and below comments) standard CFLs aren't dimmable, so they need full power... fluorescent fixtures need DC to be dimmable. So I agree that swapping the dimmer with a switch is your best bet.

meredith_mae January 22 2009, 16:13:05 UTC

Yeah, they work, they just buzz. They kinda/sorta dim too, but with major buzzing. Which scared me so I decided to just go with incandescent.

Sorry I didn't introduce myself. I think I found you through the vegetarian community, but we seem to have a few other things in common, and I've found your comments interesting.

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kateorama January 21 2009, 23:41:25 UTC

So, now you have a giant, chandelier-lit walk-in closet? Cool.

obfuscate January 22 2009, 05:27:37 UTC

With an attached kitchen!

mrbobafett January 22 2009, 03:37:22 UTC

Another solution besides switching back to incandescents is dimable CFLs. They do exist, sadly they do not all work the same with all dimmers.Usually you want to get on and make sure that it works with your dimmer. Also of course they do not have the same dimming range as incandescents. They usually work in the top 50%-60% of the dimmer before they just go off.

obfuscate January 22 2009, 05:27:58 UTC

I think swapping the switch is probably the easiest solution - I don't feel a need for a dimmer.

luminousx January 22 2009, 14:07:28 UTC

What? Are you nuts? What about those romantic moments rummaging through boxes?