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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Note on cheap dimmers. We recently had to replace our bedroom wall/ceiling lights. 2 strings of 50 white Christmas lights. We decided to go with led lights. The dimmer wouldn't turn them off completely.
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That may be caused by LEDS not drawing ENOUGH power to overcome the trickle from the TRIAC. (This is not just a issue with cheap dimmers)
A tip from the (Xmas) Lightshow Forum: A Glade (or similar) plugin on the lamp circuit. You need about 1 Watt of minimum load. That kicks it over the minimum