500W halogen dimmer, is there one..

[timtheenchanter]

Got a call yesterday afternoon, customer put up 4 nice new wall lights at easter, yesterday they "just stopped working"
Further questioning, "well the dimmer was smelling a bit." now, this is a standard 2G 250W dimmer, each of these wall lights has a 120W linear halogen in it, hmmmmm.

Had a scout round to try to find a suitable replacement, and no luck so far, MK do a 500W dimmer, but needs to be derated for halogen.

does anyone know of such a beast as a 2G dimmer, on a single plate that will do 480W of halogen? otherwise, I might have to look at remote dim options.

 

[Steve]

Inform your customer that 480w to light one room in this day and age is ridiculous and socially irresponsible, therefore it is against your company's ethical stance to fix his problem. I was in a bar/restaurant last night and the whole place (10,000sqft) cant have had 480w of lighting! It was lit entirely by leds.

Have you looked at mk grid? I heard tbere was a 1kw dimmer out there but not on a 2g plate. Might be able to make one with grid.

 

[timtheenchanter]

I'll have a look at the grid, the 480W of wall lights isnt the only lighting, oh no, there are 6 pendants too...

 

[Taylortwocities]

There's 1000W dimmers but you have to derate by 25% for over 500W halogen loads

eg http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VL1000.html

There's bigger ones too but for may you'll need a separate dimmer pack and that'll be anything up to £200

Just google 2000W dimmer, etc any you see some options

 

[cajar]

Inform your customer that 480w to light one room in this day and age is ridiculous and socially irresponsible, therefore it is against your company's ethical stance to fix his problem.

Well if that's the way you talk to your customer I hope you get enough time to gather your tools before he puts you out on your backside and calls someone else.

 

[RF Lighting]

Got a call yesterday afternoon, customer put up 4 nice new wall lights at easter, yesterday they "just stopped working"
Further questioning, "well the dimmer was smelling a bit." now, this is a standard 2G 250W dimmer, each of these wall lights has a 120W linear halogen in it, hmmmmm.

Had a scout round to try to find a suitable replacement, and no luck so far, MK do a 500W dimmer, but needs to be derated for halogen.

does anyone know of such a beast as a 2G dimmer, on a single plate that will do 480W of halogen? otherwise, I might have to look at remote dim options.

Are all the wall lights on 1 gang of the dimmer? If so you could just buy a 1g 1000w dimmer and rob the module out of it, but you'll need to check it's a standard width module as some are wider and will not fit a 2g plate.

If not you can get a 600w dimmer that is a standard size module, but 1000w would be better as it won't be working as hard.

 

[timtheenchanter]

not a bad idea that, yes, wall lights are on 1 gang, pendants on the other.

 

[securespark]

Depending upon how the switches are set up.....

I would sink another box next to the current one & put the TH lighting on a 1kW 1G dimmer & the pendants on another switch.

 

[Iggifer]

I'll have a look at the grid, the 480W of wall lights isnt the only lighting, oh no, there are 6 pendants too...

do they not have CH?

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VLHDQ62S.html

best I can come up with, might look a little tidier than two switches next to each other

 

[timtheenchanter]

I'll have a look at the grid, the 480W of wall lights isnt the only lighting, oh no, there are 6 pendants too...

do they not have CH?

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VLHDQ62S.html

best I can come up with, might look a little tidier than two switches next to each other

ironically no, at least not in the normal sense, it blown air central storage.