Problems matching dimmers to LED lamps & bulbs

You may encounter many problems fitting dimmers to led lamps and bulbs. Lights may stutter or flicker while dimming as well as flicker in set positions

I recently was asked to fit a dimmer in a lounge which had 15, 5w Led GU10s. The client had already bought a dimmer which on the pack said 60 to 400w. However once i opened the pack and read the leaflet inside for Incandescent the load was 60 to 400w but for LED’s it was 5 to 50w. I have noticed that a lot of packaging is not stating the load specs for LED lamps. I feel this is something which needs to improve as most installations are gradually switching to LED’s. as well make sure what is the maximum number of Led’s which can be used on the dimmer

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