Can Led Lights Be Used with Dimmers

A standard dimmer switch cannot be used with an LED light as you will never be able to dim the LED light either completely or not very well. LED lights need their own special electronic dimmer switch to have a fully functioning and dimming light.

What kind of dimmer switch works with LED lights?

Trailing edge dimmers work best with LED light bulbs and leading-edge dimmers work best with traditional incandescent and halogen light bulbs.

What happens if you use non dimming LED bulbs on dimmer switches?

So what happens if you use non-dimmable LEDs on a dimmer? Well, at best the bulb just won’t dim properly. … But non-dimmable LEDs are only designed to be either fully powered ON or OFF, which means the circuitry inside won’t be able to handle low or pulsing current levels and will eventually become damaged.