CECAA850 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 12 minutes ago, Thaddeus Smith said: Noted. I'm a benefactor, not family. You'll get all the bose stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 7 hours ago, oldtimer said: lmao. What was he doing leading up to the great depression? Pressing on with Calvinist determination towards depression... Dave 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 6/12/2018 at 10:56 PM, Mallette said: Pressing on with Calvinist determination towards depression... Dave And now we have a Presbyterian. Not so different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 6/12/2018 at 4:19 PM, CECAA850 said: It's a reunion, not a funeral. Sorry to hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 7 hours ago, oldtimer said: Sorry to hear that. I know. It's a shame, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 13 hours ago, oldtimer said: And now we have a Presbyterian. As my niece said concerning having been informed that her generally expressionless brother-in-law was "excited" about attending a baseball game, "How can you tell?" Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 6/12/2018 at 2:19 PM, CECAA850 said: It's a reunion, not a funeral. 15 hours ago, oldtimer said: Sorry to hear that. 7 hours ago, CECAA850 said: I know. It's a shame, right? You guys are playing ball in a completely different field than me. Maybe someday I'll get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 34 minutes ago, babadono said: You guys are playing ball in a completely different field than me. Maybe someday I'll get it. Who's on first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 And he bats first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Has everyone arrived safely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 How's about now? @CECAA850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 8 hours ago, babadono said: How's about now? @CECAA850 Home run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 39 minutes ago, CECAA850 said: Home run. Change up? Curve? Hopefully not the fast ball!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Slider over the plate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted June 16, 2018 Moderators Share Posted June 16, 2018 I would imagine they were dimly lit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 On 6/12/2018 at 12:36 PM, CECAA850 said: I guess the rheostat needs a certain load or needs to see some sort of return voltage to function properly. It will go from full bright to a barely visible glow now with no flickering and the whole span of the slider is now usable. Hopefully this will help someone out who runs into a similar issue. Very helpful information. Fixed my similar multi-LED bulb dimming problem. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, Khornukopia said: Very helpful information. Fixed my similar multi-LED bulb dimming problem. Thanks Great to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornukopia Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 6/12/2018 at 12:36 PM, CECAA850 said: We're getting our house ready for a reunion of sorts with my 4 older brothers and families. As we're on the back porch refinishing wooden patio furniture my wife decides that we're long overdue for patio lighting. String lights to be exact. OK, no problem, I'll research it to death and order something. I found a 52' stringer with 24 sockets. That should be plenty. Next LED bulbs. I purchased 24 dimmable S14 socket vintage style LED bulbs. If I'm going to dim them I'll need a dimmer. The one I found was rated for LED, CFL incandescent and halogen. Everything should work right? Hanging the light string took about 4 to 5 hours. The string is not supposed to support it's own weight rather be supported and hung at each bulb socket. Most of the sockets could be attached to the aluminum beams but there were 2 spans that had to have guy wire installed for the strings to be hung from. Everything went up fine and when I plugged it in everything lit up as it should. All was great till I tried the dimmer. The dimmer has a slide that travels about an inch and a half. Only the top quarter of an inch or so actually did any dimming. If you could finagle the switch to the tiny area that gave you the proper amount of dimming the lights would flicker or pulsate. Crap. The next day I spent talking to the place I bought everything, the bulb manufacturer and 2 different dimmer manufacturers with absolutely no luck. it seems that LED bulbs and dimmers are very particular with who they interact with. This isn't going to work. The next day I did a bunch of reading and decided to try something. I bought one 11 watt incandescent appliance bulb with the same base type and shape of my LED bulbs. There was one bulb socket at the end of the run that wasn't too noticeable so I swapped out the LED for the 11 watt incandescent bulb. It actually worked! I guess the rheostat needs a certain load or needs to see some sort of return voltage to function properly. It will go from full bright to a barely visible glow now with no flickering and the whole span of the slider is now usable. Hopefully this will help someone out who runs into a similar issue. Your information was helpful again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, Khornukopia said: Your information was helpful again. Nice. I think I see the incandescent bulb there toward the middle. It's really not noticeable and the only reason I saw it was because I was specifically looking for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 28, 2019 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2019 It's nice how you matched the color, I wouldn't want to clean that fixture. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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