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Re: RE: Re: X10 Lamp Module




Well, it's actually the LM12 that's most likely to be damaged if there is
something wrong.
So long as the lamp isn't over-the-top (like some 500W uplighters I've
seen), and doesn't have an electronic dimmer (unlikely) you should be fine.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Crate" <CrateP@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 12:58 PM
Subject: RE: RE: [ukha_d] Re: X10 Lamp Module


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> ok,,  so I may jus tplug one in and see what happens,,  am guessing it
wont
> cause any damage - apart from maybe the bulb!?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mal Lansell [mailto:mlansell@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 October 2004 12:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: RE: [ukha_d] Re: X10 Lamp Module
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> I've had 5 x 50W mains halogen lamps in my bathroom hanging off an
LM12W
> (plugless version of the LM12U) for two years without any problems. 
IIRC,
> halogen lamps aren't electrically any different from normal bulbs. 
It's
the
> transformers with low-voltage halogens and the fluorescents that cause
> problems.
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> Mal
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Malcolm Surgenor" <malcolm@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 12:17 PM
> Subject: Re: RE: [ukha_d] Re: X10 Lamp Module
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> > >>LM12U Lamp Module on two lights with built-in dimmers.
One worked fine
> (floor-standing halogen
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> > from experience I wouldn't use an LM12U with a halogen lamp.  Do
they
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bulbs
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