bhoughto@pima.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) (01/18/91)
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