I have been told by an electrician that if you use Gu10 halogen bulbs wired up to the mains, then you have to double up on the wattage of the remote dimmer switch. For example, if you have 4 x 50w lights then you to have a switch that can handle 400W (instead of 200w). Otherwise the lights will buzz and possibly flicker when dimmed, can someone tell me if this is correct? He mentioned something to do with "Inductive Loads" ???
If the above is true then my 2 x 8 50w lights would need a two gang remote dimmer capable of handling 800W each side. I guess there isn't such a product so I would have to have two single remote dimmer switches both at 800W each.
I have since been told by a supplier that if I was to use varlight remote switches then the above is not true (don't know what is special about the varlight dimmer ???), therefore I only need a dimmer that can handle 400w each side for the scenario above.
I am now confused and do not want to get the wattage wrong and buy the wrong products. Please could someone help??
Many Thanks in advance
James
If the above is true then my 2 x 8 50w lights would need a two gang remote dimmer capable of handling 800W each side. I guess there isn't such a product so I would have to have two single remote dimmer switches both at 800W each.
I have since been told by a supplier that if I was to use varlight remote switches then the above is not true (don't know what is special about the varlight dimmer ???), therefore I only need a dimmer that can handle 400w each side for the scenario above.
I am now confused and do not want to get the wattage wrong and buy the wrong products. Please could someone help??
Many Thanks in advance
James