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Lutron Dimmers Arcing
I've been having problems with these dimmers. They have the rocker preset
underneath the slider. Two of them in a double-gang, center heatsink tabs broken off, 1000W rating, 800 as installed. Each dimmer has 600-650W of incandescent lighting on it. After about 5 or 6 months, the more commonly used one started arcing when the rocker was switched. I got Lutron to send replacements. In about 6 months after these were installed these started arcing as well. I just ignored it (wasn't all that bad - only when the rocker was made) but it has gotten progressively worse. Just now it arced horribly, even the slider rheostat appears to be suffering, or the rocker contacts are barely being made. Are these just bad dimmers and if so what's a good solid one I can get? If it matters, the sliders were usually in full on position and the rocker toggled on/off. I don't know if this puts undue stress on the contacts. Thanks. __________________________________________________ _______________ JG... Jeff Givens "My hovercraft is full of eels." |
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