I have a problem in which I have 4 lights connected to a single dimmer, and I would like to control two of those lights independently from the full set of 4 when the wall dimmer is turned on.
My idea is to install a micro dimmer on the LOAD after the first two lights. I assume this micro dimmer would be offline as long as the wall dimmer was turned off.
I plan to reprogram the FastOn on the wall dimmer to turn on the micro dimmer.
So essentially, when I turn on the wall dimmer switch, only the first two lights will come on (pre-micro dimmer).
If I double tap up that same dimmer to turn on the micro dimmer, then the second set of lights will come on.
My main question is, is there any problem with connecting a second dimmer to the load of another dimmer? (This is probably the key gotcha in my plan)
Will the micro dimmer operate correctly if it is receiving only partial voltage when the wall dimmer switch is at less than 100%?
If it does work, I assume the micro dimmer level will operate proportional to the wall dimmer.
So say the wall dimmer is set to 50%, and the micro dimmer is also set to 50%, the theoretical output of the micro dimmer would actually only be 25%.
My idea is to install a micro dimmer on the LOAD after the first two lights. I assume this micro dimmer would be offline as long as the wall dimmer was turned off.
I plan to reprogram the FastOn on the wall dimmer to turn on the micro dimmer.
So essentially, when I turn on the wall dimmer switch, only the first two lights will come on (pre-micro dimmer).
If I double tap up that same dimmer to turn on the micro dimmer, then the second set of lights will come on.
My main question is, is there any problem with connecting a second dimmer to the load of another dimmer? (This is probably the key gotcha in my plan)
Will the micro dimmer operate correctly if it is receiving only partial voltage when the wall dimmer switch is at less than 100%?
If it does work, I assume the micro dimmer level will operate proportional to the wall dimmer.
So say the wall dimmer is set to 50%, and the micro dimmer is also set to 50%, the theoretical output of the micro dimmer would actually only be 25%.
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