Should work, Chuck - I do it every year because I want the lights to
last longer - and they do indeed. But make sure that the string of
lights takes enough power. My dimmer will work all right with lights
between 50 and 300 watt, and some Christmas lights are less than 50
watts. In that case it might not work properly.
Frank van Lindert
Utrecht NL.
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:56:11 -0500, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>What happens if I plug my LED Christmas tree lights (120v) into an
>incandescent dimmer switch? I need an in-line on/off switch for the
>lights and the only thing I've got handy is a couple of sliding dimmer
>switches I used to use to control some large incandescent floods for
>photography. I don't need to actually dim the LEDs but it would be nice
>to use the in-line on/off switch that's part of the dimmer control.
>
>Seems to me like it should work OK. I assume the dimmer switch is made
>with something like a Triac which I think is just a variable frequency
>on/off switch.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
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