[sci.electronics] Halogen Lamp Dimming

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
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