Neon Transformer
For a short film, I need to dim a neon sign to simulate a short circuit.
Will I damage the transformer by using a standard household light dimmer on the AC to the transformer? The dimming would only be for short blinks. Thank you, Douglas |
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Doug,
If you want to do this, buy the dimmer that is meant for inductive rather than resistive loads. A neon sign as you stated, uses a step up transformer and is therefore a coil which is an inductive load as opposed to a regular lamp filament which is a resistive load. You would be more likely to burn up the dimmer unit if you used the wrong one. Be careful. Let us know how it works out. =gb= |
NEON TRANSFORMER
Dear Greg:
Thanks so much. Will search out the correct dimmer. Regards, Douglas |
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