Thanks for responding, The board is an Express.It's certainly not the 86 scale/boost as that will merely limit the top end that the dimmer can go to. Some folks do this to limit how bright the lights get or extend lamp life with lower voltage.
I agree, per the above, that you should check the console patch to see if it was changed with a dimmer profile. Are you having any other issues in the system? If so, press reset on the dimmer rack to see if things come back to normal. Have the houselight lamps been changed to fluorescent or LED?
David
The express manual page 61 refers to scaler/ boost in your sensor rack. I would check the sensor dimmer rack manual also:Help Anyone! I'm having an issue with my house lights. they wont dim. They pop on at 86% at full I think it has something to do with the scale boost but I cant figure out how to change it to 0% so it will dim. thanks!View attachment 12888
Before you switch to dim be absolutely certain what is connected to those circuits.From the sounds of it, whoever installed it long long ago set it up for switch and nobody has touched it since. You can reset the rack but the CEM will still hold the memory and resetting the patch on the board doesn't help as it isn't apart of the dimmer rack. Just to cover your bases I would ask anyone that did or might of touched it, " Did you swith dimmers 83-86 to switched mode" if they look at you puzzled move on to the next person until you run out of people to ask. At which point goto the dimmer room and scroll through the CEM menu until you get to DIM 83-86 and switch it to DIM.
This was it!! thanks!!Ah, ok. The four dimmers in question are set to Switched mode [non-dim] at the dimmer rack and will turn on at 8% control, as you have experienced. If you want them to dim, if indeed they will dim, then you will need to go to the rack and reconfigure those four dimmers.
IIRC, you will need to press [Setup], [3 - Dimmer], [83], [Enter], [Down arrow until it says Normal], [Enter]. If that doesn't work, give ETC a call in the am and they can help.
Thanks,
David
I went ahead and changed it. The part timer that has been here said they used to dim up until a few years ago untl they changed to the led bulbs. As far as I can tell nothing else is on the circuit and there have been no problems...yet. Thanks for your help!Before you switch to dim be absolutely certain what is connected to those circuits.
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