Does anyone have any ideas on how to create a fader that can be time controlled to say brighten at night and dim during the morning, using a 150 watt incandescent lamp?
Time Controlled Fader
Feb 03, 2008
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I thought that was what they use photo sensors for !
Best Regards:
Baron.
Yes, a photo eye controlling a PWM circuit which drives the lamp Any thing else or where you actually looking for some one to do the work for you?
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How does a "photo eye" help you get to time control?
How does the clock "know" when dawn is ??
donald
The easy way would be to connect an X-10 or similar module in parallel with a dimmer switch for the 'dim ' setting. Connect an appliance module in parallel so the thing turns full ON when the timer/controller does the timed activation.
This means wiring the AC to two switches, and connecting the outputs... but the X-10 timers and modules are easily available.
Some of the X-10 modules can dim on command, but I don't know if the timer/controllers have continuous-dimming-on-a-daily- cycle functionality.
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