Noisy Dimmers

[Colin Integrale]

I just changed 2 old dimmers in my mates house for new MK ones..

One was alot noisier than the other, but even the quiet one was giving off quite a buzz.. not too bad once put back in the wall though.

I haven't done many of these before, but do they all buzz like that?

If so, what are the best ones?

Cheers

Colin

 

[pushrod]

All the new dimmers are electronic, whereas the old ones were just variable resistors, have seen on here a few times about the cheaper ones causing buzzing.

 

[Guest123]

What rating is the dimmer??? and how big is the load???

 

[Colin Integrale]

I'm not actually sure of the rating of the dimmer.. I shall find out, but 500w springs to mind.

As for the load, it's a 3 lamp pendant so 300w max I guess.

I thought MK would be a good bet

 

[jimsky007]

Is the load normal incandescent lamps? low votage? or low energy?