RE: RE: Re: X10 DIN module wiring ?

["Stuart Billinghurst" <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I was working with the same on Rank strand kit on stage we used to
connect in parallel put 100w incandescent in a tin back stage to
compensate for it on the dimmers, this stopped the transformers burning
out and or buzzing.

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Sent: 24 March 2004 11:55
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Subject: [ukha_d] RE: Re: X10 DIN module wiring ?


Phil,

So I can try running the transformer and if it buzzes or fails to work
then
I can replace it with a different make ? I'm not likely to blow anything
up
by just trying it ?

Marcus

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>

If you are going to use electronic transformers then check with the
merchant
that they are OK for use with electronic dimmers ... Electronic dimmers
(such as the LD11's) work by chopping the power on and off very quickly
and
some (usually old) electronic transformers didn't like being driven in
such
a way and would complain (usually only by giving out a loud buzz and
nothing
else - fire and brimstone wouldn't usually rain down). Manual (Rotary)
dimmers just attenuate the voltage reaching the transformer but leave
the
waveform intact.

Personally I've either been very lucky or something but I've not yet
found
an electronic transformer (as long as it was actually dimmable) that
won't
work with an electronic dimmer, however, from the occasional email I get
>from
for
"Mode" or "IBL" branded electronic transformers as we
know that they
should
work.

Phil


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