We have recessed MR16 LEDs (12V on dimmable power supplies) and GU10 (120V) LED track lights in our media room. I had 4 Cooper dimmers that were OK, allowing the lights to dim almost as low as we would like them to when watching movies on the projector.
Since we have moistly HomeSeer dimmers and switches in the rest of the house, I was coerced into replacing the 4 Cooper Dimmers with HS-WD100+ dimmers.
Big mistake as the lights would no longer dim below about 20-25%. This was on firmware 5.17 and 5.19. On a suggestion I rolled all 4 back to 5.14, which was an improvement, but still left the lights much too bright even at minimum. While I have heard that improvements to the HS-WD100+ dimmer firmware are probable, this situation will not work for movie nights as it is and we have no idea if/when there might be changes.
Since these dimmers are not going to work and the Cooper dimmers are gone to a friend, I need to look for alternates.
Has anyone had any experience with dimmers that work well with LED lighting? I am looking for
Since we have moistly HomeSeer dimmers and switches in the rest of the house, I was coerced into replacing the 4 Cooper Dimmers with HS-WD100+ dimmers.
Big mistake as the lights would no longer dim below about 20-25%. This was on firmware 5.17 and 5.19. On a suggestion I rolled all 4 back to 5.14, which was an improvement, but still left the lights much too bright even at minimum. While I have heard that improvements to the HS-WD100+ dimmer firmware are probable, this situation will not work for movie nights as it is and we have no idea if/when there might be changes.
Since these dimmers are not going to work and the Cooper dimmers are gone to a friend, I need to look for alternates.
Has anyone had any experience with dimmers that work well with LED lighting? I am looking for
- Full range dimming
- Paddle controls so that the function is similar to the HomeSeer dimmers
- Adjustable minimum brightness would be a plus
- Instant status and Z-Wave plus would also be a plus
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