Re: Dimmer question...

Noozer wrote:
>I have a lamp dimmer that I'm hoping that I can use for a project.
> Before I go and start a fire or suffer a meltdown I thought it best
> to ask for feedback...
>
> At one end of the dimmer there is a polarized plug that you plug into
> the wall. The other side of this plug provides a polorized outlet
> into which you plug your lamp.
>
> The other end of the dimmer cable is a slider with and LED. Sliding
> this control lowers and raises the brightness of the lamp.
>
> What I wish to do is instead of plugging a lamp into the dimmer
> outlet, I want to splice into the dimmer cable. I'm assuming that the
> dimmer outlet is electrically the same as the wire travelling to the
> dimmer.
> Am I out to lunch on this, or do I have my head on straight?

Three likely issues:

1. Total wattage of the lamps can not go over the rated capacity of the
dimmer.

2. The dimmer can not be used on a transformer supplied circuit. Are these
low voltage lamps?

3. The connection technique sounds very iffy to me. It reminds me of what
I see on low voltage applications and you can't use the dimmer on the low
voltage application.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit


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