ArcNSpark
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- Coventry, RI
I've asked the supply house guys and my boss, but nobody has a solid answer. I've installed 600W Ariadni style (looks like a toggle switch but has a skinny vertical slide on the right side of the toggle) switches in houses for years, but it seems that when they're running, they heat up to an almost dangerous temperature. I'm talking about almost too hot to hold your hand on the cover plate.
And before I get skewered here, I am religious about keeping under the rated limit of 600V, I don't exceed the derated limits of 500V with one side of tabs removed or 400V with both sides removed, and I even recently used a 1000W dimmer for a switch that controlled 9 recessed cans, each with a 65W BR30 lamp, and that 1000W dimmer with a load of under 600W was still hot as hell.
Homeowners have been asking concerned questions lately; even calling me and saying that they can smell plastic burning.
Is there anyone here who knows what the deal is? Thanks in advance...
And before I get skewered here, I am religious about keeping under the rated limit of 600V, I don't exceed the derated limits of 500V with one side of tabs removed or 400V with both sides removed, and I even recently used a 1000W dimmer for a switch that controlled 9 recessed cans, each with a 65W BR30 lamp, and that 1000W dimmer with a load of under 600W was still hot as hell.
Homeowners have been asking concerned questions lately; even calling me and saying that they can smell plastic burning.
Is there anyone here who knows what the deal is? Thanks in advance...