So one of the circuits for my basement has 8 can lights in the basement ceiling and a dual bulb fixture at the top of the stairs. The can lights have dimmable BR30 bulbs in them, while the fixture at the top of the stairs has 2 regular dimmable bulbs. I’m currently using a LZW30-SN (Red On/Off) for that circuit and it works fine, but I’d like to be able to dim the ceiling lights.
Can I stick a Red or Blue dimmer on this circuit or should I stick with an On/Off switch like what I have now? (Or does it depend on the bulbs involved?)
I think you’ll be fine if you are using dimmable LED bulbs. If they are not LED bulbs, then you need to look at the combined power draw to make sure you are not exceeding the capacity of the dimmer.
It sounds like both groups of lights are actually wired to the same switch? If so it might get a little funky if the bulb varieties have different enough dimming profiles. Especially if the bulbs have different max wattage outputs and minimum brightness thresholds, etc.
yes, they’re all wired to the same switch. I believe they’re the same wattages, but the dimming profiles makes complete sense.
At this point, I’m just hoping to be able to dim them some. It doesn’t have to be perfect. The purpose of my inquiry was hopefully to get a sense for if it’ll work at all.