RE: Light wattage

["Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@xxxxxxx>]

Not directly dangerous but.....

 

40 W may be insufficient load for the triac to latch on properly or may not be enough to enable the switch to operate properly.

 

No danger to hardware but possible safety hazard if there is no light. No worse than any normal single bulb blowing though.

Keith

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-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 March 2002 11:29
To: Home automation (E-mail)
Subject: [ukha_d] Light wattage

Hi,

I plan to replace my ligh switches in corridor with LW11Gs. My ceiling lights are 2x40W, which is 80W. Specs of LW11G are 60-500W.

However, If one bulb dies, wattage will drop to 40W, which is outside of the specification.

What will happen then? Is it dangerous? Should I replace my ceiling lights then?

 

Cheers,

Nik

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