Re: Halogen Instrument Bulbs

["Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Only if the dimmer is faulty.  A working dimmer has almost no effect on the
bulb brightness at its maximum setting.  All the dimmers I have come across
have been of the 'fine tracks on a PCB' variety and when these burn out it
is the low resistance path that goes leaving a high resistance path, and
hence dim bulbs in the 'maximum' position.  Not that the dimmer is needed
anyway ...

----- Original Message ----- 
> I thought that jumping out the dimmer control was a pretty common way of
> getting better illumination.