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Old 7/7/06, 1:18 PM
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Used telephone cable to swith this light.....Amazing...


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Can one assume in the second picture that coupling three phone wires equals...oh, say 8 amp capacity??? maybe...???


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lol...if only you COULD parrallel conductors of that size....just maybe...lol...but ya cant..theheheh


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Oh, darn...now I have to find some other way to do this...dad gummit, nohow!


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Thats called a light "dimming" circuit...
Just remove a wire or two and Vol la!!
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Nice.....Remember When !


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I once worked on an A/C unit that had 277v on 18ga wire, I guess someone at UL thought that was a good idea one day. It realy is all about the load.


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