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Default Using a dimmer with 12V halogen lamps

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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
All my dimers that have failed, have failed completely. Either full on,
or the board burned out, or both in fact as I discovered when I repaired
a track.


I've got some 75 watt halogen mains spots (a bit like a small PAR38) on a
dimmer, and when one failed it not only blew the dimmer to bits but
tripped the 10 amp MCB.

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