Re: Insteon Observations

["Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> Even more alarming is that I've had
>>> three or four LampLincs die when
>>> bulbs they were controlling burned
>>> out.
>>
>> Could it be the Lamplincs went bad
>> and took the bulbs out? I think that's
>> more likely.

Nonsense!

> What are the physics of the mechanism(s)
> that would cause a INSTEON Lamplinc
> dimmer (TRIAC output device typical of
> residential US dimmers)  to 'take out'
> lamps?
>
> And why, as Dave thinks,  is this "more likely" than the well-known
> phenomenon of a current surge owing to tungsten arc when the filament fails
> causing the TRIAC in the dimmer to fail?

Be happy it wasn't a Z-Wave dimmer.  Dave would have explained (with copious documentation) how RF vibrations blew the bulb.  :^)

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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