Probably WAD.
You don’t want all of the lights to come on when there is a flicker in the power.
They are probably designed not to be controlled from another switch, but to be the control.
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Tracy,
I think your dimmer is for incandescent loads only. most wall dimmers are marked for "permanently installed incandescent only ." Check the dimmer you have to see if that info is on it. I am assuming this a tabletop dimmer?
possible, as dimmers typically take the place of a switch. Halogen lamps can be dimmed ! And I have some track with LV fixtures each with their own transformer and I put the track on a dimmer to see what would happen, worked fine, but it is permanent.
I think your Westek was meant for a table lamp or something that is portable (plug -in) where you touch the metal parts of the fixture to dim the light. and was not mean't to be switched. As Bill said, your switching is most likely the culprit. Can you just use the dimmer to turn your stuff off ?
If not you may have to replace the switch with a wall type dimmer and use the Westek somewhere else. But I DON'T RECOMMEND DOING THAT !
" Doc , my head hurts when I hit it with a hammer ! "
" Well then, stop doing that "
maddog
Edited 5/10/2005 4:32 pm ET by maddog
WAD working as designed.
Here is the device.
http://www.wwhardware.com/catalog.cfm/ProductID/WKA6553CS
It is designed to work with transforms so that is not a problem.
You might want to try contacting the manufacture.
http://www.amertac.com/ezmerchant/home.nsf
I did not look hard, but there does not seem to be a lot of technical data on their website.
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