RE: Re: dimmable CFL

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've got the Megaman rep coming in next week to tell me about their
fully
dimmable fluorescent - hoping to get a sample at the same time.




Dean.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
wywywywywywywywywywy
Sent: 24 October 2007 10:37
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: dimmable CFL

Hi,

Has anyone got one yet?
Still eagerly waiting to hear first hand experiences :D

Thanks,
Wayne



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "jamie_whitehorn" <jamie@...> wrote:
>
>
> These lights are made by Varilight and come in two forms. The version
> you've pointed at works form a normal switch and would, I think, be
> difficult to use with an HA system. The other version can be used with
> a standard dimmer (http://tinyurl.com/yt7vr2
> <http://tinyurl.com/yt7vr2> ), and
might be easier to use with an HA
> system just by using a normal dimmer component (eg Idratek SLD).
>
> The switch dimmable ones have been available for a while. The dimmable
> ones were supposed to be available in May and slipped and slipped and
> slipped their shipping date. This doesn't really surprise me as making
> a flourescent light dimmable from a normal dimmer switch is a bit of a
> technical challenge - normal dimmable flourescents require a 240v feed
> for the heaters. I've had one on order since May and they've finally
> said they are shipping them. I've also been talking to Karam at
> Idratek about these and they've also got one on order to test with an
> SLD, so I'm waiting for the thumbs up before plugging into the home
> Idratek system (apparently if they don't work in a standard way there
> is a possiblity that it could have unexpected results on the SLD). As
> soon as I get any feed back I'll post an update.
>
> HTH, Jamie
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@> wrote:
> > anyone tried these :
> > http://tinyurl.com/2x2ukb <http://tinyurl.com/2x2ukb> even
better,
> > anyone tried them with HA - eg: C-Bus or Idratek, to better
control
> > the dimming function
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>








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