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Fairy lights plugged into dimmer plug, would it work? Burn the house down?
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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 478922" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>The fairy lights plug is NOT just a plug... </p><p></p><p>It is a transformer plus the processor controller for the light sequences, that happens to have a 13amp plug moulded onto it.....</p><p></p><p>i.e. the lamps are 24v not mains voltage...</p><p></p><p>I think you will find that the whole plug controller gubbins needs a supply of 220v-240v to operate correctly..</p><p></p><p>If you don't give it the correct supply voltage then...….. well who knows...</p><p></p><p>It may have inbuilt protection to just turn itself off...</p><p></p><p>Or it may just work erratically...</p><p></p><p>But there again with a £20 set of lights.....</p><p></p><p>my guess is, if trying to operate them outside of the manufactures specified voltage range.. it could just fail catastrophically rendering them useless..</p><p></p><p>You will probably also notice that the Dimmer plug is only intended for standard non-low energy lamps...</p><p></p><p><em><u><strong>"Note: Plug in dimmer is Not for use with low voltage or low energy lamps"</strong></u></em></p><p></p><p>My advice to you is don't even bother trying it...</p><p></p><p>Try and find a different product that does what you want rather than butchering the wrong product for the wrong job.</p><p></p><p> :coffee</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 478922, member: 250"] The fairy lights plug is NOT just a plug... It is a transformer plus the processor controller for the light sequences, that happens to have a 13amp plug moulded onto it..... i.e. the lamps are 24v not mains voltage... I think you will find that the whole plug controller gubbins needs a supply of 220v-240v to operate correctly.. If you don't give it the correct supply voltage then...….. well who knows... It may have inbuilt protection to just turn itself off... Or it may just work erratically... But there again with a £20 set of lights..... my guess is, if trying to operate them outside of the manufactures specified voltage range.. it could just fail catastrophically rendering them useless.. You will probably also notice that the Dimmer plug is only intended for standard non-low energy lamps... [I][U][B]"Note: Plug in dimmer is Not for use with low voltage or low energy lamps"[/B][/U][/I] My advice to you is don't even bother trying it... Try and find a different product that does what you want rather than butchering the wrong product for the wrong job. :coffee [/QUOTE]
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