Re: Controlling Holiday Lights

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:11:16 -0600, sylvan butler
<ZsdbUse1+noZs_0610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:48:07 -0400, Marc_F_Hult
<MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> No it is not. I mean what I wrote. It can change the steady-state 0-255 dim
>> level 44 times per second. The dimmer does the dimming.
>
>And I am building dimmers, thus I need to turn the light on and off many
>times per second and DMX is irrelevent (unless you can offer DMX dimmers
>in the $5 to $10 per channel range when buying 4 channel blocks).
>
>>>A:  No, because incandescent lights are very, very slow.
>>
>> But they are what you are controlling, no?
>
>For the most part.  And their slow speed is why a 60hz A.C. dimmer
>works.

No it is not. Are you claiming that motion pictures 'don't work'.

>But just because the output cannot reproduce the frequency, that
>is no reason not to have the frequency.  E.g. CD audio was (and remains)
>a useless waste a fidelity for most purchasers of CD content.

ROTFL

What does "output can't reproduce the frequency" mean?

"What does it mean to "have the frequency"? Is that like grooving with it, or
having good vibes?


... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
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