I have a GE Dimmer switch in one of my rooms and the bulbs I have flicker really bad at certain levels.
Any recommendations of dimmable bulbs that people use without a flickering issue? I only need white light not multi-color.
TIA
I usually order bulbs from Amazon and they will say if they are dimmable. Lots of choices. They usually dim OK. If they don't I send them back.
As a self described CT bulb specialist - may I add be sure of the color temp as well in your purchase. I'm using dimmable Tuya multigang modules and was swearing at things one night recently, before I realized the bulb CT was the fault! The amazon units noted above have problems with sub-5% settings, but few if any people take a bulb down that low.
The Sylvania 60w units come in soft, warm and bright CT and handle very low dim settings - On the other end the FEIT brand offers some > 60w options, I believe a 75 and a 100w LED equivalent product line that also tested very well but that extra wattage was pricey.
Really easy to say 'Just don't buy EcoSmart'. man those do not do well. High failure rates, poor CT equivalences and flicker at just about any setting not 100%.
I have cree bulbs on zooz dimmers and they flicker a lot. One of these days I'll replace them. I would not recommend cree daylight bulbs.
It could a problem with a Dimmer itself, not necessarily a bulb.
Not all combinations of Dimmer + Dimmable LED Bulb are working nicely together.
In some cases adding a Bypass across the bulb may help with a flickering.
I have good luck with the Philips Warm Glow bulbs - they are designed/marketed to have good color temperature when dimmed, which is something I always hated about a lot of the earlier dimmable LED bulbs.
Note on my preferences: I like warm light everywhere with the exception of garages/utility rooms. I don't even care for the 3000k bulbs - 2700 max for me in living spaces (5000k for garage/storage room).
Most of the time flickering is a load issue in the circuit combined with the load range of the dimmer as far as I'm aware. You can add a load correction device to the circuit to improve things, or maybe higher wattage bulbs.
I second this.
Also make sure your dimmer is of the leading edge type. These work best with LED lights. Trailing edge dimmers make a bit of a mess.
If possible get the dimmer min and max load and do the maths. If the total number of lamps x wattage is less than the dimmer min load it may flicker.
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