Flood light with a dimmer switch

[Albert]

must admit, it may be sound silly, but I never been asked to do something like that and I just wondered whether it will work; a standard halogen floodlight to be controlled by a dimmer switch. I will be grateful if some one done it and can give a feedback .

Thanks

 

[ColJack]

bad bad bad idea..

halogens don't like being dimmed and doing so will greatly reduce the lifetime of the lamp..

 

[breezer]

not only that the colour temp will vary imensly, (when its dimmed it will turn yellow / orange

 

[securespark]

The point of dimming such a lamp eludes me, but yes, it will work.

Just make sure your dimmer is TH rated or derated ie a 1kW dimmer.

 

[Albert]

Thanks to all of you with the good advice,
The reason the customer wants this type of option is because he wants to have the lights on for lets say; BBQ etc, and he said that what will happen if the light is too bright ,or the light is not bright enough, I suggested to get a 500W light and than if it is too bright we can change the bulb to 300W. He came with the dimmer idea because he has a friend that have this option....

I think that the message is clear; it is possible but not a good idea, if I would
do it I would use a 1Kw dimmer.

What does TH stand for?


Thanks again

 

[breezer]

in this case its Tungsten Halogen

 

[Albert]

Thanks