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[Travis Smith]

I need a dimable outlet capable of supporting up to 1000W. Does anybody know
of such a source for such an animinal? Would it be possible to gang 4 300W
outlets together to acomplish the same thing? ( I assume I could address all
4 the same.)

TIA for any feedback.

[Robert Bonomi]

In article <gq6dnfG3FeDio-XfRVn-hA@comcast.com>,
Travis Smith <trsjax@comcast.net> wrote:
>I need a dimable outlet capable of supporting up to 1000W. Does anybody know
>of such a source for such an animinal? Would it be possible to gang 4 300W
>outlets together to acomplish the same thing? ( I assume I could address all
>4 the same.)
>
>TIA for any feedback.
>
>

Ganging up multiple lower-rated items will *NOT* work acceptably.
While it looks good "in theory", "in reality" there are problems.
Starting with the 'imbalances' that develop if one unit doesn't step
exactly in sync with others. Or, if one fails 'open', the others
are overloaded -- resulting in 'magic smoke' release, with possibly
catastrophic *other* side-effects.

[Ida Slapter]

On Tue, 3 May 2005 23:15:03 -0400, "Travis Smith" <trsjax@comcast.net>
wrote:

>I need a dimable outlet capable of supporting up to 1000W. Does anybody know
>of such a source for such an animinal? Would it be possible to gang 4 300W
>outlets together to acomplish the same thing? ( I assume I could address all
>4 the same.)
>
>TIA for any feedback.
>

I used a 1000W http://www.smarthome.com/2381w.html dimmer installed in
a double box and wired the plug through the dimmer next to it.