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Old 04-18-2013, 09:13 AM
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I wouldn't use a dimmer either. It They can produce weird waveforms as most chop the AC waveform to limit the duty cycle. They may cause noise in other things such as stereo equipment (buzz). If they fail they usually short to full voltage which may give a vintage TV quite a bad day.
I use lightbulbs and prefer variacs.
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