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   Andrew Gabriel to krw@attt.bizz   
   Re: Why do LEDs dim so poorly?   
   09 May 14 07:19:44   
   
   XPost: sci.engr.lighting   
   From: andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article ,   
   	krw@attt.bizz writes:   
   > On Thu, 8 May 2014 10:34:16 +0000 (UTC), andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk   
   > (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:   
   >   
   >>In article ,   
   >>	gfretwell@aol.com writes:   
   >>> You can buy LED lamps that will change color to anything you can   
   >>> imagine. Why don't they make a dimmable LED that tracks the color of a   
   >>> dimming incandescent?   
   >>> I could see them starting by taking down the blue and then the green   
   >>> so it would go through yellow to orange and then dim from there to   
   >>> off.   
   >>   
   >>Someone does make LEDs that dim like incandescents.   
   >>Sorry, I can't recall the name, but they appear at lighting   
   >>shows. They are not retrofit lamps, but whole fittings.   
   >>I would guess they're patented and expensive, but I haven't   
   >>seen the pricing.   
   >   
   > Dimming isn't the issue.  That's been available for some time (and   
   > more/better ones are in the pipe).   
   > http://gizmodo.com/philips-dimmable-led-lightning-review-so-mu   
   h-light-s-498849873   
   >   
   > The issue was color while dimming.   
      
   That's what I was referring to - you can buy LED fittings which dim   
   with the colour temperature shift of indandescents.   
      
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