Greg.........You should be able to find the 1000 watt version of the switch......just a little more $........check the Specification grade products..........
And the Color of the light will change as the dimmer is used...........sometimes pretty dramatically...........doug
>I understand that the suggested way of adjusting the light level of
>hot lights would be to move the light, use a reflector or diffusion
>material etc. but I was wondering about just using a household
>dimmer. I bought some old 650 watt movie lights and I looked in the
>local hardware store where it seems all the dimmer switches were
>rated at 600 watts.
>
>>>From my probably incorrect understanding of electricity, a 650
>>>watt lamp at 110v will draw 5.9 amps. A 600 watt dimmer will
>>>safely allow 5.5 amps of current. Is that .4 amps the light wants
>>>to force through the dimmer going to add a lot of excitement to my
>>>shoot, just make the dimmer very warm or not have any noticeable
>>>effect?
>
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