Re: What was that?????

["Gomez ADDams" <gomez-at-netherworld-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

on that fateful day 8/28/00 12:23 AM, Tesla list uttered:

> Original poster: "Jeremiah" <jmeizis-at-metallicafan-dot-com>
> 
> Okay i was in my basement messing with the ignition coil circuit that
> someone gave me.  Hot___dimmer switch___capacitor___ignition coil
> Neutral____________________________
> _____|
> That's what it looks like sort of.  Well my dad recently burned up my old
> dimmer switch.  He wouldn't admit to what he was doing down their.  It had
> two wires.  Hot and neutral no ground.

I have to admit, I've never seen a dimmer switch with only two wires.  I
wonder how it would work, since the power it receives to run itself would
depend on the size of the load...

> The one i bought today has 3 wires
> hot, neutral and ground.

 Bzzzt, wrong, thank you for playing.  Those wires are for line (hot in),
common (neutral), &  load (hot out).  If you connect a dimmer right across
the power line (hot, neutral, ground) with no load, you _will_ blow it up.

 Didn't it come with a wiring diagram on the package?  Most of them do.
Many of them also have labels stamped into the plastic of the case.

 - Gomez

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