Dimmable Replacement

ptonsparky

ptonsparky

Tom
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NE (9.06 miles @5.9 Degrees from Winged Horses)
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EC - retired
My former bookkeeper is wanting to dim the lights in her office. I thought this was taken care of a year or so ago. They have Sylvania Octron 32W 4100K, FO32/V41/ECO lamps. Correct me, but are they dimmable?

Do they even make replacement LED that are dimmable? Removing the ballast, would be my guess.
 
ptonsparky said:
My former bookkeeper is wanting to dim the lights in her office. I thought this was taken care of a year or so ago. They have Sylvania Octron 32W 4100K, FO32/V41/ECO lamps. Correct me, but are they dimmable?

Do they even make replacement LED that are dimmable? Removing the ballast, would be my guess.
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Those old florescent tubes are not dimmable. You can get ballast bypass LED tubes that are dimmable. Don't expect them to dim like an incandescent bulb.

Another option would be to just use fewer LED tubes in the lights. With direct wiring, it doesn't matter is you have 1, or 4, tubes. That might help if she thinks she has too much light.
 
Little Bill said:
Those old florescent tubes are not dimmable. You can get ballast bypass LED tubes that are dimmable. Don't expect them to dim like an incandescent bulb.

Another option would be to just use fewer LED tubes in the lights. With direct wiring, it doesn't matter is you have 1, or 4, tubes. That might help if she thinks she has too much light.
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IDK if I talked them into replacing fixtures instead.
 
ptonsparky said:
IDK if I talked them into replacing fixtures instead.
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Sometimes it's better to just bypass the ballast and rewire the tombstones. That's because the new fixture will most likely have a different footprint on the ceiling than the old fixture. Then either there will be an ugly spot on the ceiling, or painting will need to be done.
Likely cheaper as well.
 
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