The click indicates you have a relay, which is good. It's as close as you can get to plugging-in.
As far as a dimmer, they operate by triggering a triac at a controlled delay into each AC cycle (the longer the delay, the dimmer an incandescent bulb will be). This switching can wreak havoc on a switchmode power supply. A well-designed power supply would not be negatively impacted by the smart outlet; cost and schedule pressure often results in designs that aren't bullet-proof. I wouldn't be surprised if your sign died within a few days if you turned it on and off once per second from your smart outlet. But that's not a realistic usage case. My gut feeling is that it's probably OK what you're doing. The only way to know for sure is to study the schematic and do extensive testing, which isn't possible. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4617f67d-7008-4d02-8b0c-1fc96c9870d7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
