[Build] Lighting

[Dr. Jesus]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Brian Molnar <brian.molnar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:20 AM, neil maclean <neil at warmcove.org> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> 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.

I wasn't planning on allowing the system to send a command to the
dimmers which did anything other than turn the lights on and off.
Because there isn't a significant price difference as far as I can
tell, I'm going to get the dimming units anyway just in case the
ballasts aren't picky.