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To: Paul R.

Well, now that you’ve made me think, I realize that I’ve never had a lamp of any kind that was ‘dimmable’, before this Ikea thing.

I’ve had some lamps that were ‘3-way’; but never one that dims.

And I haven’t used the 3-way lamps in years - they’re in storage, and I never used anything with them but 3-way incandescents.

But, how are THEY going to work with LEDs, when I pull them out now?

(Jeez; life has become so complicated...)


62 posted on 01/06/2019 7:01:20 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Jamestown1630

Many sellers have 3-way LED bulbs. Just search online.

I have a tech background and also really “got into” lighting design for a project when I was in college. Of course, some of the technology was a bit different, then!

Of course, if you want REALLY complicated, try running even a mildly complex small business and dealing with the Federal Tax Code!


66 posted on 01/06/2019 7:14:02 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: Jamestown1630

Regular LEDs with a 3-way lamp are going to turn on and off with every other click: Two clicks full on, and two clicks full off.

There are 3-way LED bulbs, though I find sometimes the upper two ranges are too close together, so I had to hunt for ones that doubled for each higher setting.


85 posted on 01/06/2019 10:18:44 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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