[BC] Attack of the Demon Dimmers

[Ron Castro]

It seems they always manage to put the switched outlets in the least 
convenient location in the rooms for a lamp!

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Mathis" <thebeaver32 at hotmail.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Attack of the Demon Dimmers


> Nothing I hate worse than a house with switched outlets, rather than 
> overhead lights. Whoever thought that up should be SHOT, IMHO.
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> Jerry Mathis
> Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS
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>>From: "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net>
>>Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>>To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>>Subject: Re: [BC] Attack of the Demon Dimmers
>>Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 13:58:37 -0700
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>>I've bought several dimmers over the past two years (remodeling!) and have 
>>had no problem with RFI, including in the HF ham bands.  I found that you 
>>have to look for anything on the label that indicates that it's 'radio 
>>interference free' or words to that effect.
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>>BTW, I accidentally plugged in a large compressor I was using for a 
>>nail-gun to a socket with a dimmer connected to it.  Everything was fine 
>>until the pressure went low enough to start the motor---the motor made one 
>>'chug' and the room got dark real fast!  The dimmer is smoked...
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>>Ron Castro
>>Chief Technical Officer
>>Results Radio, LLC
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>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Taggart" <tpt at eurekanet.com>
>>To: <Broadcast at radiolists.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:44 PM
>>Subject: [BC] Attack of the Demon Dimmers
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>>>The old GE 600 watt dimmer died on the chandelier above the dining room 
>>>table.  Complaints drove me to the local hardware store for a 
>>>replacement. They had a Trimatron Model 700 made in some Chinese factory 
>>>for Levitron.
>>>
>>>Has three wires--hot/load and ground.  Unlike the old GE dimmer.  Hooked 
>>>up the two black wires, dimmer worked, but horrific noise all across the 
>>>AM band.  Where to hook the ground--would that help?  Well, my house was 
>>>built in in 1955, but the other switch in the box had a neutral 
>>>connection, hooked up the ground to that. No change in AM noise.  The 
>>>noise is so bad that I can hear it on a local kilowatt daytimer on my car 
>>>radio just outside the house. Part 15?  WE don't need no part 15.
>>>
>>>I'm going to the electrical supply place next town overand see what I can 
>>>find, this thing is going in the trash.  Or maybe I can drill out the 
>>>rivet & find a new SCR for the GE.  Unfortunately, there must be hundreds 
>>>of thousands of these things already out there.
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