"Tazz" wrote

I may have missed it but where were the voltage readings
taken? Just
for curious sake.

I'm unsophisticated in electrical terminology, but I'll try
to tell you what we did so you can decide.

Picture two wires coming from the breaker box. One of these
two wires was then connected to the input side of the dimmer
switch. Then the digital voltmeter leads were attached to
the other wire, and to the output side of the dimmer switch.
No other load involved. Voltmeter set to read AC. As the
toggle on the dimmer was moved from full ON slowly to full
OFF the voltage shown on the voltmeter dropped slowly from
around 120 volts ac to around 50 volts ac.

Make sense?

Thanks for sharing any insights you get from this.

Best regards,

Chuck Lee.

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Hot to neutral or ground?
Hot to switch leg in the switch box?
Switch leg to neutral or ground?

If I am not mistaken:
If you take a switch out of the wall and replace it with a
dimmer. You
may very well get a voltage reading of 50v, reading from
the hot to
the switch leg with the dimmer UNINSTALLED and the load
still
connected to the switchleg
If the switch leg has the load tied into it your meter
will definetly
will see a differnce in potential.

Just curious.



On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 20:07:02 -0700, "CWLee"
wrote:


"RickR" wrote

How about a make and model on these guys.

The original boxes have been trashed, but here is what I
find on the switches themselves:

Leviton
6842
Dimmer

(It is possible that the number is 8842; very small
print)

120 VAC
60 HZ
Incandescent use only.

These were purchased from a local Home Depot on 5.30.06,
and
the ID info shown on the receipt, which may also be the
UPC
code, is:

07847769639 CS120 Ivory

Best regards,

Chuck Lee.

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RickR

CWLee wrote:
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote

Where did he say those dimmers were controlling
flourescents, Pop?

The dimmers are NOT controlling fluorescent lights.
They
control incandescent lights.

Another bit of clarification, in case it makes a
difference.
These dimmer switches are not the kind with a sliding
knob.
These are the kind that, from 4+ feet away, look just
like
standard ON-OFF home wall switches.

Still puzzled, but with some good information and
suggestions for further research.

Thanks.