Why are fluorescent bulbs not compatible with dimmers?

Answer 1

Standard light bulbs work with a filiment. This is a coil of wire across contact points. When a dimmer is used, it lowers the electrical voltage and the bulb dims. Fluorescent bulbs use charged gas to produce light and you cannot raise or lower the light produced by lowering/raising voltage.

Answer 2

interesting question....

well... its the properly of the fluorescent bulbs....

there is a speacial atoms in the fluorescent bulbs...once the eletricity passes through the bulb these atoms gets "exited" and move up and down hence hitting the fluorescent paint( the white color ) producing light.... [thats y fluorescent bulbs flickers]

now..dimmers controlls the amount of eletricity that goes through the bulb...... but fluorescent bulb doesnt really get affected [more or less eletricity will not make it glow brighter ]


but it u really want to use a dimmer better to use an ordinary [not fluorescent] bulb