Can you put a dimmer on rope lights?
Steve B
illuminate my antique bottle collection from the bottom. Was just wondering
if a dimmer would work. It SHOULD.
Steve
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mike
Yes. I have a rope light hooked up to a touch dimmer thing-a-ma-bob
so I'm not blinded at night. It works beautifully.
Art Todesco
problems.
Thomas
every 18 bulbs. I did that for my camper awning. I had a few extra
inches when done but it was better than having 5 extra feet.
Smitty Two
"Steve B" <pittma...@hotmail.com> wrote:
A bottle collection? That's what you want to illuminate? I suggest
wrapping them around your girlfriend's legs for a little mood lighting.
Tony Miklos
When renovating a bar my brother put rope lights around the underside of
it for mood lighting. They were too bright and he added a dimmer at
about half brightness. The bulbs have lasted over 20 years so far. Not
a single one burnt out.
EXT
"Steve B" <pittma...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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If it is a 12 volt string or a LED string dimming is a major problem,
however, if it is a 120 volt string, then dimming is easy with a standard
lamp dimmer.
cl...@snyder.on.ca
And dimming with a 12 volt is no problem at all if you use the right
dimmer and it is a "magnetic" transformer. Dimming switch-mode, AKA
electronic transformers is a bit mor problematic (unless you have a
variable output "switcher"
Steve B
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I have a friend who is a union electrician. He gets lots of "stuff", a lot
of it things that are designated for the dumpster.
When we built my MIL's casita, he brought a transformer the size of a shoe
box, and lines of connected lights. Musta cost a lot, and probably would be
hard to find. Anyway, we put them under and over her cabinets, and it
provides the nicest subtle lighting. It is dimmed, too.
I don't understand what it is, but he does, and I trust him to install.
He brought me 5 metal halide lights with transformers that they took off the
top of a hotel in Vegas. Absolutely makes night into day, and probably in
the $400 per copy range. Really lights up my shop and container area
without it being that harsh white sodium lighting.
And a huge frickin subpanel. And lots of other stuff. All destined for the
dumpster.
It's nice to have friend in the business.
Art Todesco
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:36:43 -0400, "EXT"
> <noe...@reply.in.this.group> wrote:
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>> however, if it is a 120 volt string, then dimming is easy with a standard
>> lamp dimmer.
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> batteries are weak.
>
>
Well, this had been discussed here before. Actually, you can dim
LEDs, but they are not easy to dim. What I mean is they dim
differently from incandescent lamps. LEDs behave in a pretty linear
fashion, i.e. half the current, you get half the light. But the eye
behaves in a logarithmic manner, so you see a very small difference
at half current. Also, if the voltage across one LED goes below the
forward voltage of the LED, they will quickly go out. So, it
depends on how many LEDs in a series circuit (the total of all the
forward voltages of the LEDs) and how big the series limiting
resistor is. Also, the dimmer might have a very, insignificant to
an incandescent lamp, leakage current. But for LEDs, that might
produce a very small glow at minimum setting. That might be nice
for some thing, but not others. Once LEDs become very common for
house lighting, dimmers and LED lamps will have to be designed to
play with each other nicely.
lawrence alimo
Where do I purchase a dimmer for led rope lights
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DerbyDad03
> replying to Art Todesco, lawrence alimo wrote:
> Where do I purchase a dimmer for led rope lights
>
andrea ordodi
What type dimmer did you use and where did you find it?
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