CL dimmers are mostly for LED and CFL dimming so why pay more for a dimmer when the ariadni dimmer works well. I would bet if you changed the dimmer the delay will go away as stated. So again I ask --- why use a CL-- the reason not to is cost and the issue with delay so why use it?
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Let me try again. Lutron is very clear that one can mix and match different bulb types on a single dimmer. That is, a single dimmer can control, say, four luminaires, one with an incandescent lamp, one with a halogen lamp, one with a dimmable CFL and one with a dimmable LED, all running together at the same time.
In real life, my customer can spend a very small additional fee for a one time installation of a CL dimmer, and be as "future proof" as possible today, as we look at incandescent lamps being obsoleted, and CFLs giving way to LEDs as prices fall and new design features appear. My customer can stay with the lamps they presently have installed until they need replacement, using them up instead of throwing them away, AND can migrate to CFL and / or LED at will over the coming years without having to rehire an electrician to replace the dimmer every time. AND, with every retirement of an incandescent in the future with a replacement CFL or LED, operation costs fall and further future maintenance cost decreases.
If, Dennis, cost is a reason, then it is far cheaper to spend the additional few dollars to buy the CL dimmer over a nearly obsolete incandescent-only Ariadni.
Turn on delay is a matter of design acceptance. . . if the customer demands to have a light that is exactly like some other kind of light (non-delay incandescent), no matter what, then spend more money restricting yourself to incandescent-only with its high energy fees and dwindling bulb supplies. If you want to embrace an upwardly mobile path towards energy (and $$$) saving, and if you want to use a dimmer that is deliberately designed to not be less likely to need the additional cost of replacement because it is obsolete, then choose to install the "cheaper" CL dimmer.
I don't know about you, but I regularly hear comments of bewilderment from my customers about how hard it is to choose a lamp today. In my opinion, deliberately choosing a CL, or a CL-like dimmer (assuming other manufacturers offer the high level electronics at some point), is a strong positive attempt to return to the purchasing-simplicity of a world with only plain old incandescent lighting.