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RE: Dimming Low Voltage lights
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- Subject: RE: Dimming Low Voltage lights
- From: "Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 09:22:29 +0100
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Rob,
Those switches are only suitable for dimming "dimmable"
transformers - quoting: "Designed to control dimmable low voltage
lighting transformers" :-)
The transformer will say something like "electronic" or
"dimmable" on it. The safest way maybe to just replace the
transformer with one you *know* to be dimmable e.g. the Varilight
transformers from B&Q, TLC etc. B&Q have them in-store, but not on
the website yet. They're available in 6.5 A & 9.5 A ratings (on the LV
side) and two transformers side by side are about as big as a box of Cook's
matches.
HTH,
Tim H.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Chasmer
Paul [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx] wrote:
> You'll need to get a special kind of dimmer that can cope
> with this kind of load - don't use a standard dimmer!
http://www.diy.com/bq/product/product.jhtml?PRODID=15508
http://www.diy.com/bq/product/product.jhtml?PRODID=15509
So is this the sort of thing you meant. How will I know if the transformer
is happy for its mains input to be dimmed, do I just suck it an see?
Rob
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