Re: Re: dimmable CFL

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

great, thanks ... see they also do  (are thinking about doing)
something for standard linear fluorescent's ... which might suit us
even better ...

Chris



On 1 Oct 2007, at 10:56, jamie_whitehorn wrote:

>
> These lights are made by Varilight and come in two forms. The version
> you've pointed at works form a normal switch and would, I think, be
> difficult to use with an HA system. The other version can be used
> with a
> standard dimmer (http://tinyurl.com/yt7vr2 <http://tinyurl.com/yt7vr2>
> ), and might be easier to use with an HA system just by using a normal
> dimmer component (eg Idratek SLD).
>
> The switch dimmable ones have been available for a while. The dimmable
> ones were supposed to be available in May and slipped and slipped and
> slipped their shipping date. This doesn't really surprise me as
> making a
> flourescent light dimmable from a normal dimmer switch is a bit of a
> technical challenge - normal dimmable flourescents require a 240v feed
> for the heaters. I've had one on order since May and they've finally
> said they are shipping them. I've also been talking to Karam at
> Idratek
> about these and they've also got one on order to test with an SLD, so
> I'm waiting for the thumbs up before plugging into the home Idratek
> system (apparently if they don't work in a standard way there is a
> possiblity that it could have unexpected results on the SLD). As
> soon as
> I get any feed back I'll post an update.
>
> HTH, Jamie



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