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| Donald Morley 2005-07-25, 12:21 am |
| I plan to put X-10 WS467 Wall Switches on my outside yard Flood lights.
The switches are rated for 500w incandescent. I just realized that the
flood lights are 100w halogen outdoor flood lights. Will these switches
work with these bulbs?
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| George Pontis 2005-07-25, 2:21 am |
| In article <8DYEe.5059$eg4.4782@trndny01>, dmorley@verizon.net says...
> I plan to put X-10 WS467 Wall Switches on my outside yard Flood lights.
> The switches are rated for 500w incandescent. I just realized that the
> flood lights are 100w halogen outdoor flood lights. Will these switches
> work with these bulbs?
>
Yes, perfectly. The 500W number is the maximum allowable load. If you ran at that
level the switch would get warm and maybe not live very long. There is also a
minimum for reliable operation which is not given, AFAIK, but 100W is sure to be a
nice easy load that any switch can control reliably.
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| Donald Morley 2005-07-25, 10:21 pm |
| Thanks, for the help. Will the dimmer feature of the switch work the same
with the halogen flood light, as it would on an incandescent?
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| George Pontis 2005-07-26, 3:21 am |
| In article <5QfFe.12597$iR2.9274@trndny02>, dmorley@verizon.net says...
> Thanks, for the help. Will the dimmer feature of the switch work the same
> with the halogen flood light, as it would on an incandescent?
>
Yes, the halogen lamp is just a special type of incandescent with higher
efficiency. The dimmer can't distinguish the two.
There is a theoretical limitation to the lifetime of a halogen lamp when dimmed,
but in practice I haven't found it noticeable. It is done all the time.
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