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Mike, I don't have an answer, you may have to visit a local lighting
store. We have an independent place here in town that I've found to be
very knowledgeable (but expensive).
Max Dillon,
Charleston SC
On Sep 4, 2014 7:57 AM, Mike Esh via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
The wattage on all those lights is pushing the limits of most dimmers
which is 400-500W. Plus most dimmers are crap anyway, so that is what
happens. Lutron seems to be a better brand, save your receipts and
return them when they fail.
I have been buying LED bulbs at Costco and they have
is in tens of minutes.
-Curt
From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Off Topic - Reliable electric dimmer switch
The wattage on all those lights is pushing
good, long lasting,and reliable dimmer
Best dimmer I've ever used is a Variac. Won't fit in a wall box,
though.
The inline Triac circuits are inherently a bit crippled, without a good
ground reference. The available heat-sinking in a wall box is also
limited. So, unstable circuit
On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 07:04:56 -0700 Jim Cathey via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
good, long lasting,and reliable dimmer
Best dimmer I've ever used is a Variac. Won't fit in a wall box,
though.
Some of the smaller ones (3 Amp) could if you used a deep 4x4 box and
maybe an extender
I recall hearing that
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Does anyone have a source for a a good, long lasting,and reliable dimmer switch for my kitchen and bathroom lights. The kitchen needs to run 7 can light lights and the bathroom has twelve 40 watt globe lights. I have replaced both of them twice over the past couple of years because they begin
