Only one thing comes to my mind. If the lamp was on at the time it might have been slightly loose in the socket. If so that could cause a quick on and off in the dimmer. Most instructions say to wire in a dimmer with the power off as the solid state stuff can not ahndle quick off and ons like you might get with it sparking under load with the power on. If that caused a problem with the dimmer that might have caused some surge in the breaker. And that even I would think would have to have the breaker close to loaded up for that to happen.. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Hodges To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 10:44 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Electrical breaker and Dimmer
Okay Everyone, . Is there anyone out there who can help me with a weird Dimmer switch problem? I have a light fixture hanging from the ceiling, on a chain, about one foot long. The Fixture has a glass Globe about one foot in diameter,. Yesterday I bumped the glass globe with a piece of plywood,. It Didn't bump it very hard and it did not break the glass,. The light went out and it wasn't the bulb, it was the breaker,. That is the first thing I don't understand,. Why did the breaker pop? I would thihnk the bulb would go bad if anything,. I reset the breaker and the light came on, but now the dimmer switch won't work anymore,. I can push the round knob to turn the light on and off, but when I turn the knob it just stays on bright., Anyone know what is going on here? I can't figure out why the breaker kicked out, and I can't figure out why the Dimmer switch broke. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Tom Hodges [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
