Hi
I have a two-pronged question for the better (electrically-minded) person than me.
I posted a while back about swapping 50w for 20w MR16s in my bedroom (14 of them) and successfully did that.
However, I understand/know that the dimmer switch I successfully installed to handle that load "sees" the wattage rating on the transformers and not the bulb (unless you have transformers like this http://www.1stopelectrics.com/product/yt50l/50w_transformer_with_electrical_leads/).
My transformers are all rated at 60w, whilst their bulbs are 20w. Here are my questions:
(1) How much power are the lights actually consuming - is it 20w per light or is it actually 60w per transformer?
(2) When I turn the bedroom lights on in conjuction with a couple of other rooms with similarly crazy numbers of MR16s (20 in the kitchen and 6 in the bathroom!!!) the trip switch goes on the fuse box. Does the fuse box see the load of the bulbs, therby making it more likely to trip with 50w bulbs rather then 20w (kitchen is still full of 50w bulbs), or does it see the load of the transformer - irrespective of the rating of the bulb plugged into it.
In (2) above, if it is the former case, I can probably reduce the trip switch incidents by simply swapping the kitchen 50w bulbs for 20w bulbs. In the latter case, I may be therefore able to stop the trip switch constantly going by swapping my current 60w fixed transformers for ones like http://www.1stopelectrics.com/product/yt50l/50w_transformer_with_electrical_leads/
As ever, any help gratefully received!!!
John
I have a two-pronged question for the better (electrically-minded) person than me.
I posted a while back about swapping 50w for 20w MR16s in my bedroom (14 of them) and successfully did that.
However, I understand/know that the dimmer switch I successfully installed to handle that load "sees" the wattage rating on the transformers and not the bulb (unless you have transformers like this http://www.1stopelectrics.com/product/yt50l/50w_transformer_with_electrical_leads/).
My transformers are all rated at 60w, whilst their bulbs are 20w. Here are my questions:
(1) How much power are the lights actually consuming - is it 20w per light or is it actually 60w per transformer?
(2) When I turn the bedroom lights on in conjuction with a couple of other rooms with similarly crazy numbers of MR16s (20 in the kitchen and 6 in the bathroom!!!) the trip switch goes on the fuse box. Does the fuse box see the load of the bulbs, therby making it more likely to trip with 50w bulbs rather then 20w (kitchen is still full of 50w bulbs), or does it see the load of the transformer - irrespective of the rating of the bulb plugged into it.
In (2) above, if it is the former case, I can probably reduce the trip switch incidents by simply swapping the kitchen 50w bulbs for 20w bulbs. In the latter case, I may be therefore able to stop the trip switch constantly going by swapping my current 60w fixed transformers for ones like http://www.1stopelectrics.com/product/yt50l/50w_transformer_with_electrical_leads/
As ever, any help gratefully received!!!
John