To add to SteveB (who is an expert on dimming), this is how we get forward- or reverse- phase dimming. Forward is where the dimming waits until partway through the wave then turns on, reverse waits to turn off. Because it's turning off, reverse tends to be gentler and less noisy. (Basically, the filaments hum because of the chopping, if I remember).
I think you're "Steve the infamous" and Steve Terry is merely famous.Perhaps you're thinking of that other famous Steve - last name of Terry !.
I think you're "Steve the infamous" and Steve Terry is merely famous.
STEEEEVE!I think you're "Steve the infamous" and Steve Terry is merely famous.
@tjrobb As long as their wives don't make the same error, no harm done. (fortunately both Steve's are big boys and this'll slide off their shoulders.)STEEEEVE!
Yep, got them switched. Whoops.
So why did we get rid of them rather than design a way to make them behave like we wanted?
So why did we get rid of them rather than design a way to make them behave like we wanted?
I'll balance it with having other dimmers that chop out the middle of the waveform!The problem I would see with leading and trailing chopping would be that the dismal power factor would become abysmal!
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