philips eW Downlight SM as houselights

[chadillac802]

I was talking to someone at school and they suspect that he has some alterior motive for installing them, ie installer is a buddy of his or theres a big tax break for installing them.

I've had to deal with him on other counts and he's just a plain old... jerk to put it kindly.

Most likely they got assistance from an efficiency non-profit to install them. The amount you can get is determined by the power savings. We have switched a lot of our campus to CFL and T5 fixtures using these "coupons"

I am also hoping to get help from one of these companies- by switching our house lights to LEDs.

 

[BillESC]

Here's a PDF from Lutron explaining ELV dimming.

http://www.lutron.com/applicationnotes/362219b.pdf

 

[cdub260]

...some alterior motive...

It's ulterior, not alterior.

 

[Darthrob13]

Better than an anterior motive I suppose.

 

[LekoBoy]

SCR's from ETC or Strand aren't magic.

But the ones with pink hearts, blue moons, yellow stars, and green clovers from Leprecon are magically delicious!