07-02-2007, 09:55 PM | #11 |
Charon
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Most dimmer switches use a rheostat. As they lower the voltage to dim the light, the excess energy is converted to heat. This occurs in a box behind the switch plate.
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07-02-2007, 10:06 PM | #12 | |
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Yep. That particular location I probably need to pull the 600W dimmer and put in a 1000W. It's connected to a bunch of cans so may be pushing the envelope. The 1000W ones just have a bigger heat sink / box for disspating the heat. |
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I think this was probably a funciton of how many cars were there that night. Usually it's not an issue. In fact there is that little parking spot by the front of the house in addition to all the space between the shop and house where you parked. We had originally planned a circle drive in front but that was casualty of how far back we set the house so we could have the nice view. As it was the flatwork was way more than we budgeted. Anyway thanks for the feedback. Looking back through this it almost looks like a point by point rebuttal, which was not my intention. Just some of the rationale on a few of the things you pointed out. |
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07-02-2007, 10:21 PM | #14 |
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I can imagine if I ever have new house built for me, your list of critiques will be much longer and more on point.
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