It was a progression of both "going green" and SUPPOSEDLY saving money. It's become just a major irritation, especially when guests visit.
pLUS, Everything worked fine prior to converting over to led bulbs.
But when I cannot have 2 side by side room's lights both turned on at the same time, I'm ready to go back to CFL's.
At present, One of the two room's lights will start dimming and strobing, when both light circuits are turned on.
One circuit has 3 spotlight type LEDs, that light up a kitchen and it's island. The next circuit lights 5 chandelier type LEDs above the kitchen table.
My previous CFL's rarely had ANY flickering issues and lasted about as long as LEDs. Plus, I didn't have to do major "color matching", like with LEDs. [the low rnge LED's around 2.5K, with urine yellowish color, to semi white, to white to Blue-ish white.
I FINALLY found a knowledgeable middle age woman in a Lowes store. (who probably regretted asking,"Can I help you") I presented the problem to her.
She actually understood and knew the type of problem I was having.
Then she showed me the Newer Type switches, with and without dimmers, that have an adjustable slide control strictly to address flicker.
I assume it is a tunable resistor, inductor, and/or capacitor? Or a combination thereof?
It makes sense, even if only from the viewpoint of here is the average Joe, with possibly an older dwelling, updating their home with new technology lighting.
Somewhat like the way people try to get the newer LED automotive lights installed onto/into older 80's/90's vintage vehicles. There are all sorts of accessories for automotive LEDs to keep them steadily and properly lit.
[though the voltages ARE different, with a house using A/C and vehicles using DC].
Since LEDs came after such older type houses [and vintage vehicles] were built, no completely foreseeable allowances could have been made for dimmers and switches.
I understand the corporate mindset of not simply Adding something to every LED bulb's internal circuitry, since it could increase cost-per-bulb by an extra half cent to maybe 25 cents per bulb [just a guesstimate].
So leave that circuitry OUT of the bulbs and let the home owner pull THEIR HAIR OUT TRYING TO deal with the flickering and/or dimming problems.
Before I throw good money after bad, and/or drag out the old CFL bulbs and replace the LEDS, can someone explain the exact type of :
1. switch for LEDs
2. switch with dimmer, for LEDs
that will FIX the intermittent dimming and flickering?
Thanks in advance.