Re: Do X10 Dimmers save electricity?

[Bill Taylor <bill-taylor@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello darren_karp2001,

Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 5:48:20 PM, you wrote:


d> Hi All,

d> Can someone tell me if I dim my mains halogen lights via my din rail
d> X10 dimmers does that cut down on my electricity usage? I've asked
d> two people so far and the answers have been 1) Yes, the dimmer the
d> lights the less electricity is consumed, 2) No, the dimmers simply
d> use the excess current in the form of heat...so you can understand
d> my frustration!

d> Cheers
d> Darren

The real answer is yes, but not much. Although the dimmer gets warm,
it won't waste a lot of power, but light output drops much faster than
power input, so if you drop the power input by 50% the light output
will drop by much more than 50%.


Bill