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Andyroid5
Hi all,
Was wondering if anyone out there can recommend a brand of dimmer switch that can stand a bit of inrush current from a lamp blowing..
I have got through two in the last 6 months, both have suffered quadrac failure
The switches used have a VDR on the output but the fault gets beyond this.
The light fitting uses 40w candle bulbs which when fail, give a short cct that takes out the mcb. Circuit Zs is about 2ohms so getting on for 100 amp fault current... which a quadrac should be able to stand momentarilly..
Have thought about going LED, but it's the usual "wifey only likes the light from proper lamps"
Any thoughts? .. or is it going to cost me the best part of 10 quid everytime a 70p lamp blows ??
Was wondering if anyone out there can recommend a brand of dimmer switch that can stand a bit of inrush current from a lamp blowing..
I have got through two in the last 6 months, both have suffered quadrac failure
The switches used have a VDR on the output but the fault gets beyond this.
The light fitting uses 40w candle bulbs which when fail, give a short cct that takes out the mcb. Circuit Zs is about 2ohms so getting on for 100 amp fault current... which a quadrac should be able to stand momentarilly..
Have thought about going LED, but it's the usual "wifey only likes the light from proper lamps"
Any thoughts? .. or is it going to cost me the best part of 10 quid everytime a 70p lamp blows ??
