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Why would a dimmer switch buzz with a compact fluorescent bulb?
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Most compact fluorescent lamps won't work with conventional dimmers, or will damage the dimmer.
Magnetic dimmers will work, however. Answer
Actually, it depends on the design of the lamp. Different companies have different power supplies for the lamps. What works well on one can spell instant death for another. Get a dimmable lamp. The new LED lamps have the same problem. Some work fine with a dimmer, provided one incandescent lamp is left in the fixture. Others go crazy.
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