Why dimmers are different for normal and LED bulbs when both are connected to normal power?

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I would understand it for LED strips and so on, but if both bulbs are made for 230V (or whatever in US), why do they need different dimmers? Is there a difference in some dim range or something?

Thanks.

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Answer 1

LED bulbs do not run at 230V. They have a specific voltage they run at which is created from the original 230v by a driver circuit.

This driver circuit is usually not designed to dim the LED as a response to a voltage decrease or a cut-in-half wave.