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Remote control dimmer for LED's

post #1 of 11
2/25/13 at 7:25am
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I'm looking for a remote controlled dimmer that will work with dimmable LED's and my Harmony 650. I thought I had found one in the Lutron MIR600-THW, but the website says it won't dim LEDs. Anyone have an idea?
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post #2 of 11
2/25/13 at 8:35am
I spent a while looking for this functionality, and in the end I just said screw it and stuck with incandescent bulbs for this instance. For my setup it's only 2 x 60w bulbs and they're off most of the time anyway so the cost/energy saving of going to LED or CFL wasn't huge.
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post #3 of 11
2/25/13 at 9:05am
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Originally Posted by Chimera2345 View Post

I spent a while looking for this functionality, and in the end I just said screw it and stuck with incandescent bulbs for this instance. For my setup it's only 2 x 60w bulbs and they're off most of the time anyway so the cost/energy saving of going to LED or CFL wasn't huge.

Yeah, I just installed 8 recessed lights in that room and am using LED's in them. 13.5w vs 50w makes a bit of difference for those.
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post #4 of 11
2/25/13 at 10:40am
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Yeah, I just installed 8 recessed lights in that room and am using LED's in them. 13.5w vs 50w makes a bit of difference for those.

If those are the ones from Home Depot the directions are wrong on those. Regular incandescent dimmers will work with those LEDs like Lutron's Maestro that has a remote that the Harmony can duplicate.
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post #5 of 11
2/25/13 at 11:24am
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If those are the ones from Home Depot the directions are wrong on those. Regular incandescent dimmers will work with those LEDs like Lutron's Maestro that has a remote that the Harmony can duplicate.

They are from Lowe's, but are dimmable. I have the same bulbs in another part of the house and use a 'standard' dimmer on them and they work. The Lutron website says that the MIR600 won't work with LED's, and a phone call to customer service confirmed that. They have dimmers that control LED's, but not remote control ones. I guess I'm hoping that someone has this dimmer and is using LED's. May try it anyway.
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post #6 of 11
2/25/13 at 5:00pm
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Originally Posted by 88Driver View Post

They are from Lowe's, but are dimmable. I have the same bulbs in another part of the house and use a 'standard' dimmer on them and they work. The Lutron website says that the MIR600 won't work with LED's, and a phone call to customer service confirmed that. They have dimmers that control LED's, but not remote control ones. I guess I'm hoping that someone has this dimmer and is using LED's. May try it anyway.

I do have the standard incandescent Lutron Maestro dimmer and I am using it to dim Home Depot recessed LED cans. I did not buy the LED bulbs separately though. They came with the fixtures. It says on the can fixture box that they must be used with LED dimmers but just not true. Yes, I called Lutron too and they told me it would't work but again just not true. There is a lot on Home Depot's web site about this.
Edited by macfan - 2/26/13 at 7:36am
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post #7 of 11
2/26/13 at 7:19am
Interesting...I guess I never tried LED bulbs because the Maestro dimmer said not to, but I do have a few LEDs laying around waiting for another project so I might give it a try.
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post #8 of 11
2/26/13 at 7:40am
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Interesting...I guess I never tried LED bulbs because the Maestro dimmer said not to, but I do have a few LEDs laying around waiting for another project so I might give it a try.

I am not sure about all LED bulbs working with Maestro dimmers. I just know they work with the Home Depot LED can fixtures. Check out the reviews on the Home Depot web site.
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post #9 of 11
3/2/13 at 10:03am
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FWIW - Being the hard headed skeptic I am, I went ahead and bought the Lutron IR dimmer. It did not work with my LED's, they are Utilitech brand from Lowe's. A buddy of mine just replaced his recessed incandescent lights with Home Depot LED's, so I let him try the dimmer. It works on those! He also has the Harmony 650 and it controls them perfectly. I still find it hard to believe that no one has an IR dimmer that is made to control LED's.
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post #10 of 11
5/13/13 at 9:01am
When you guys are saying "Home Depot LED's" are you referring to these:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-BR30-9-Watt-65W-Soft-White-2700K-LED-Flood-Light-Bulb-4-Pack-ECS-BR30L-W27-65WE-120/204248977#.UZEOH7Xvsuc

Or are you talking about something else? Just bought a handful of these but would like to install an IR dimmer as well...
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post #11 of 11
5/16/13 at 9:08am
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I didn't get those exact ones, but yese, the ecosmart ones.
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