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From: bhoughto@pima.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Halogen Lamp Dimming
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Date: 17 Jan 91 16:19:46 GMT
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In article <1442@intermec.UUCP> andyt@intermec.com (Andy Tiura x1807) writes:
>From the G.E. Lamp catalog:
[...halogens last longer at below-rated voltage if you use a variable
transformer but not if you use a semiconductor-switch dimmer...]
>
>I take this to mean:  "Sure, they get dimmer but they don't last any longer."

What it seems more to mean is that you should
use a variac rather than a triac.

				--Blair
				  "Ac, thphhth."
				  -Bill the cat