Tag: dimmers

Defining ‘Dimmable’: what should end-users expect from dimmable LED lighting?

Defining ‘Dimmable’: what should end-users expect from dimmable LED lighting?

Andrew Wilson at Varilight calls for greater clarity around the term “dimmable” when it’s applied to LED lighting. With a diverse array of driver technologies, only the best LED dimmers in the market can reliably deliver on the promise made by the “dimmable” label. This is not always made clear by lamp manufacturers, leaving wholesalers […]

Improve halogen’s eco-credentials by switching to a dimmer

Improve halogen’s eco-credentials by switching to a dimmer

By Tony Doyle, Chairman at Varilight The postponement of the planned EU phase-out of ‘non-directional’ halogen lamps until September 2018 and the fact that no timetable currently exists to phase out ‘directional’ halogen spotlights (such as GU10s) means that it is worth diverting our attention momentarily from the media ‘spotlight’ on LED lighting in order […]