ILoveC4 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Aside from only being rated to 600 watts vs 1000, is there any downside or reason not to use the ELV dimmer? Even if the load is, for the time being, incandescent bulbs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 its not rated for magnetic or inductive loads................incandesent are resistive loads, but never tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I don't really understand why this product exists (my bad). I have a myriad of LV fixtures each with their own xformer. Standard dimmer works just fine. I also have 10s of LED step and up lights and the xformer supplying those works fine off of a switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 switch is not an issue................and what type of xformer do your LV fixtures have?........my guess would be magnetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 ^Yeah, probably. So what though? I have some pretty trick lighting and it works with nothing special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 well..if you had lets say...recessed ltg with electronic ballasts.......then you would need the ELV dimmer...as an examplei also had LED rope ltg. that would not dim properly with a std C4 dimmer.........ELV dimmer worked ...so it has its uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I don't know- I bought my lighting when I built my house and all recessed LV works fine on a standard dimmer. I don't dim on LED ropes or step lights so forget what I said there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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