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Why do LED GU10 Lamps Flicker on a dimmer switch?

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Start date Feb 18, 2013
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Discuss Why do LED GU10 Lamps Flicker on a dimmer switch? in the UK Electrical Forum area at ElectriciansForums.net

Neilhardy66

Feb 18, 2013

I recently change some Gu10 lamps to LED ones that are switched by a dimmer and they flicker intermitently on various but not all dimmer levels.
Any ideas why?

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Toby Kuhnert

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Feb 23, 2013

As other people have said, some dimmers require a minimum load to work and LED's have a very small load!

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