Here’s how to install lighting dimmers in your home

The flick of a switch or a slow transition, how do you like your light? Dimmers vs. traditional light switches create ambiance and can reduce the number of times you get up from the sofa to turn the lights on and off. Noel Pena, electrician, Fox Valley Electric, a Rosie-Certified partner explains the real difference between traditional and dimmer switches. “A traditional light switch simply supplies or cuts the power to the lamp or bulb. A dimmer switch used to work by means of a variable resistor, the more resistance, less energy to the bulb and more heat at the dimmer switch therefore dimmer light,” Pena said.