ledlightingtemperature
We just bought some LED Christmas lights that are labeled 'warm white', but when we hook them up they look ugly in the light they emit and seem very blue in their color to me. The specific kind I got are "Holiday Time LED Mini Light Set 50 count" UPC 7-64878-78510-9.
I'd like to find some LED lights that look much more like traditional incandescent bulbs in the spectrum they emit. I do not mind paying a premium, does such a product exist today?
Not all LED's are dimmable. The box should say if they are dimmable. Usually if they are dimmable, the instructions might say something like dimmable with standard dimmers. If they are dimmable and you use a regular dimmer they will dim but a standard dimmer will not give you 100% dimming and might go bright to off in half a turn or slide. Dimmers for LED's have a trim wheel that you can adjust and give you a more balanced dimmer and effect.
your drawing is exactly right, except that there should be no breaks in the grounded (neutral) conductor, and that you'll likely have to have a grounding conductor throughout the circuit as well. You should also be able to find a rotary switch with 3 positions plus off, though it might be a bit pricey.
So your wiring could look something like this
Best Answer
Led lamp color is measured in kelvins. Warm White is 2700 kelvins or 27K. This is 'supposed' to be equal to incandescent table lamps. Next is 30k which supposed to be equal to halogen. Next is cool white which in LED's can range from 39k to 45k. The next is 50k and then 65k. The higher the number the bluer the white is. It sounds like you want 27k.
The bad part of this is on Christmas or string lights, they are made so cheaply that they probably don't put any of this on the packaging. Another thing about cheaper LED's is even when the color is listed on the package, the color will change from batch to batch.
Click here for Google search on warm white Christmas lights and maybe you can find something more suitable for you.