[SML] Dimming a 24vac load

[Stuart Wheaton]

On 7/2/2015 7:24 PM, Lyric Opera Kansas City via Stagecraft wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I recently posted about dimming a 24v load which many probably assumed 
> would be a 24v DC load as I did.  I found out that it is a 24vac 
> load.  They are tiny incandescent lights.  I will be pulling about 
> 9.5A at 24vac.  I thought I had secured a magnetic transformer that I 
> could use to dim these lights, but it fell through.  Anyone know where 
> I could get something that would work for this application?  I am not 
> sure if there are any other products that I could get my hands on to 
> do the trick.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nate
>
>
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As far as I know, incandescent filaments have no care about AC versus 
DC, other than the fact that DC removes the vibration that causes 
filaments to sing.  and because the pulse never goes off, they might be 
a touch brighter on DC.

Stuart