If I have pot lights in my kitchen ceiling, can I put in a dimmer?
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Robert
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The lights in my kitchen ceiling, (pot lights), take forever to get bright enough to see, so, am thinking of installing a dimmer switch so that I can control the lighting better. Question is, will the lights still take just as long to get to their brightest point even after installing the dimmer?
Is there a way to test why the lights take so long to get bright?
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The time it takes for your lights to get brite is from the bulbs you are using. Buy bulbs that don’t need to warm up and you should fix your problem. I like the LED bulbs and haven’t noticed a warm up period with those.
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Replacing your current light bulbs with LED bulbs should brighten up your kitchen and use less energy doing it.... just know that sometimes there is a second or so delay before they come on
Check to see what kind of bulbs are in them. Fluorescents are slow to brighten. Change to LED.
CFL do take longer to get bright. Especially as they age. I had the same problem. Switch to LED. They are more energy efficient that CFL and will last much longer.. And no warm up time.
My husband is a retired engineer and he researches everything! We've changed all but a few bulbs in our house to LED. He's also played around with color and we prefer soft white light. However, it's well known that soft pink lighting is wonderful for older women...but we still use soft white!