Dimmable Fluorescent Ballasts

I searched CR4 and only found a couple of older links for "Fluorescent Dimmer" and "Custom Fluorescent Ballasts".

What is the current state of technology for dimmable fluorescent ballasts for 4' and 8' T8 lamps?

How much is the lamp life shortened by the use of a dimmable ballast? In my ap

Fuse block/Fuse wire sizing

I'm sorry if I cross posted this but I cannot find the original posting.

I am looking for a US standard that dictates the wire sizing leaving a fuse block (ie NEC, NFPA, IEEE, UL). The question is; is the wire sized for the maximum capacity of the fuse block or the fuses installed.

For ex

energy from rainwater

I vaguely have an idea to extract energy from rainwater and convert it to electrical. can anyone suggest some application of this particular concept. like where it can be actually used in rainy areas

Auto Recloser

Hi all,

We have 4, 11 kv Auto reclosers installed for a 33/11 Kv ss.The AR(Auto recloser) have 3 sectionalisers each(Loads break switch) down the line in series.Each being supposed to trip when its alloted trip/fault sense count is exceeded,for example the the nearest SECT(sectionaliser). havi

DC contactors

hi, I wonder what is the difference between dc and ac contactors? in fact i dont know if there is different products as such ?

What i know is just dc current breaking is more difficult...

cfl Wiring Rules/Norms

We normally use 1.5 sq mm copper cable for wiring a bulb of 60 W in residential buildings.Now with CFL being used can we also do wiring by smaller size (area)cable?
Is there any wiring standards on CFL wiring?

Does NEC comment on it?

Anil Sarda

Load Cell Output

Load cell is sized at 200kg rated capacity with 2.00mV/V output, what does the output mean per kilo?

We are using 4 load cells in paralell on a weigh conveyor system so output is divided by 4, ie 0.5mV/V. Conveyor weighs 550kg. Range of weight on conveyor is 0.2 to 20kg. Cannot read outputs

Odd Behavior in Outlook

We use Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP3 for e-mail & on my PC it is doing something strange in the calendar.

We have a company calendar in Outlook which we use to record meetings, visitors & other items. Anyone can add an event by double clicking in the calendar, if I do this then by defa