Re: Do X10 Dimmers save electricity?

["darren_karp2001" <darren@xxxxxxxxx>]

Now, Bill you've added a 3rd answer! All I wanna know is that if I
dim my lights by (around) 50% does that mean I'm using half the
electricity? If not, how does it all work?

TIA
Darren


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Bill Taylor <bill-taylor@b...> wrote:
> 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