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Posted by Pop on August 3, 2005, 3:05 pm
>I had two juno IC44N, 4 in., low-voltage recessed
>lights installed on a circuit with a lutron DIVA
>dimmer switch. They have 50MR16 bulbs. The weird
>thing is he temporarily installed them with a regular
>straight flip switch until he could get the right kind
>of dimmer the next day. Wired straight through, they
>seemed a lot brighter and whiter then they are now
>that the dimmers are in and turned to full brightness.
>I might just be imagining it, but before I take it
>loose and test it, has anyone ever seen this? It's
>like it is already partially dimmed. The lights have
>a magnetic transformer and the dimmer is made for that
>kind of light, I believe (says 600va max mag low
>voltage).
It's not necessarily your imagination. Many dimmers,
especially the cheap ones, don't actually turn full
"on".
Luck,
Pop
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