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Jeff Givens
 
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Default Lutron Dimmers Arcing

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:23:35 GMT "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:

It sounds to me like you are pushing the limit and maybe over the limit
(what exactly do you mean "center heatsink tabs broken off?" With two of
them in the same box running close to their max, I suggest they are getting
too hot.


When doubling up, according to Lutron, you break of the center heat sinks.
This derates the 1000W unit to 800 each. I am well w/in their own
specifications.

These are in a basement exterior wall, so yes an outside wall but almost at
a constant temperature.
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