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Apparently it will be OK with a trailing-edge dimmer
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A trailing edge dimmer is one generally aimed at LED bulbs although they will drive an incandescent bulb as well.
Most traditional dimmers are leading-edge, aimed solely at incandescent bulbs and the sort that contain a triac. A very few 'dimmable' led's will work with either leading or trailing edge but they are few and far between, Osram/LEDvance do one that works great but it's hit and miss with the others.
Even winding a leading edge dimmer up to full and plugging an led bulb in is no guarantee it will work. HWMBO has a leading edge dimmer in an ornamental lamp and there's been a supermarket LED in there for some time. It tends to have a little flicker every so many minutes, sometimes just a blip, but I know its happening and it will get a halogen bulb in there as soon as I can find one.