Hi, we just moved into a new house and I'm trying to solve a problem with my halogen potlights in my home theater room.
There are 15 potlights with 12v 50w halogen bulbs in them.
I wanted to have the ability to dim them, ideally with app control, for home theater integration.
We had a Lutron dimmer/hub left over from a previous renovation, and I asked our electrician to install it.
It works but the lights will flash a few times before finally coming on.
I suspect that's because the lights need more power than the switch supplies as they are coming on. (If i have the caseta hub plugged in then the lights flash a bit longer before finally coming on... I think the switch needs more power to talk to the hub and that makes the problem worse.)
In any case I want to solve this.
Unfortunately I dont know the model of the Lutron dimmer. It looks like a PD-6WCL or PD-5NE or PD-10NXD.
(It's really surprising for me that there is no way to get the model number of a connected device from inside the app.)
Is there any way for me to understand which model I have without pulling it out of the wall?
Anyway I expect i need to change either the dimmer or the bulbs
I know that LED lamps are much more efficient, but I know that they dont work well with dimmers and they are expensive, so I'm afraid to buy a bunch of LED bulbs and find that they also dont work.
I thought maybe high-efficiency halogens are a better route?
I would just like to get some advice on a reliable solution to avoid trial and error...
thank you for your help.