[Build] Lighting

[Brian Molnar]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:20 AM, neil maclean <neil at warmcove.org> wrote:

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> Am I correct that an Insteon (or DMX) can not dim a florescent branch? (The
> cheap ballasts in those aren't usually too happy about much less than a 110
> volts.) So we are talking about being able to turn them on and off, but not
> about dimming them.

Correct. And in fact some of the cheap dimmer units don't work well
with the inductive load that some fluorescent lights present. Because
of this, there are also relay units for DMX systems that can switch on
(100%) and off (0%) these reactive loads. I would presume the same
thing exists for Insteon systems as well.

- Brian