terry wrote:

On Nov 6, 8:33 pm, Paul Soderman wrote:

Today I realized that our light dimmer switch, when set at the highest
point, does not seem to get the lights as bright as they had
previously been. I should point out that the power was also out a bit
today in my area.
I am suspecting that perhaps a power surge or else maybe just the age
of the switch may have caused this problem to "come to light", but I
had though that if the switch failed, the lights would simply be at
their brightest and that the dimming mechanism would not work.

I am going to replace the switch anyway, but wanted to check out if my
suspicions were correct; can the dimmer fail so as to result in a mid-
level brightness of the lights?

Thanks for any help!
Paul


If in doubt take dimmer out and put in a regular 50-75 cent switch,
two connections.
If it's solid state dimmer it may be making radio noise
(RFInterference) and is probably more prone to voltage hits. Keep it
simple! Haven't used a dimmer in this house for last 37 years! So
never had to replace one, have maybe replaced couple of switches in
that time period.
Like everything else, with electrcity simplest is best.

Hi,
No energy conservation?