poseidonsystems Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hi all, so I have a commercial client that has a light load that's about 800 watts and the adaptive phase c4 dimmer just isn't going to do since it's rated at 600 watts max. Anyone have a suggestion about supporting this much of a light load? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustyloafer Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Lutron Power Booster. Just wire the outputs from C4 dimmer to inputs on Power Booster and then outputs from Power Booster to load. Can handle up to 1200W if flush mounted or 1840W if surface mounted. http://www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocumentLibrary/pb.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Isn’t a regular dimmer (not adaptive phase, and not forward phase, but the other one...whatever that is) rated to 1000 watts without any of the tabs broken off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poseidonsystems Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 41 minutes ago, ILoveC4 said: Isn’t a regular dimmer (not adaptive phase, and not forward phase, but the other one...whatever that is) rated to 1000 watts without any of the tabs broken off? Which one, is there a 1000 watt dimmer from C4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 3 hours ago, poseidonsystems said: Which one, is there a 1000 watt dimmer from C4? there is not you would need to use a dimmer booster for anything beyond i think 800 watts on the forward phase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Matt Lowe said: there is not you would need to use a dimmer booster for anything beyond i think 800 watts on the forward phase. Interesting. I know the V1 lighting has 1,000 watt max. I didn’t realize they’d gotten rid of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatheed Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Matt Lowe said: there is not you would need to use a dimmer booster for anything beyond i think 800 watts on the forward phase. 1000W Matt Lowe and Darkimedes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poseidonsystems Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/2/2020 at 5:04 PM, thegreatheed said: 1000W Can I use the forward phase dimmer on the 800 watt load or should I just use the Lutron booster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 800W of what? That would be the big question. Still at a known 800w, I'd rather see a powerbooster installed. They aren't cheap, but blow two dimmers and you've lost more cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poseidonsystems Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 I agree, I'm going to go with a Booster in this situation. The dimmer feels warm to the touch too so, I'm going to lean towards the right solution. Thanks all!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 3:22 AM, poseidonsystems said: Can I use the forward phase dimmer on the 800 watt load or should I just use the Lutron booster? i stand corrected on the total wattage. However its necessary to know more about the load. However with a load this large the booster is the best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poseidonsystems Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 1/2/2020 at 8:46 AM, Crustyloafer said: Lutron Power Booster. Just wire the outputs from C4 dimmer to inputs on Power Booster and then outputs from Power Booster to load. Can handle up to 1200W if flush mounted or 1840W if surface mounted. http://www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocumentLibrary/pb.pdf Thanks Crustyloafer, Just to confirm, follow this diagram? I'm using just one single c4 dimmer on an 800 watt load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustyloafer Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/4/2020 at 3:33 PM, poseidonsystems said: Thanks Crustyloafer, Just to confirm, follow this diagram? I'm using just one single c4 dimmer on an 800 watt load. That all looks correct to me. Basically you are just wiring the dimmed output of the C4 Dimmer to the Zone In on Power Booster and the Zone out of the Power Booster to the actual load. Then you are just wiring a permanent live and neutral to the Hot/Live and Neutral terminals of both units. Darkimedes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkimedes Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 8:25 AM, Crustyloafer said: That all looks correct to me. Basically you are just wiring the dimmed output of the C4 Dimmer to the Zone In on Power Booster and the Zone out of the Power Booster to the actual load. Then you are just wiring a permanent live and neutral to the Hot/Live and Neutral terminals of both units. I was a Lutron rep for several years. The wiring diagrams on the power boosters were so confusing. That's the best I've seen from them on that device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMHarman Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Hi all, so I have a commercial client that has a light load that's about 800 watts and the adaptive phase c4 dimmer just isn't going to do since it's rated at 600 watts max. Anyone have a suggestion about supporting this much of a light load? Why does the client not want to switch to a more energy efficient load with bulb replacements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poseidonsystems Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 On 4/18/2020 at 4:29 PM, SMHarman said: On 1/1/2020 at 11:18 PM, poseidonsystems said: Hi all, so I have a commercial client that has a light load that's about 800 watts and the adaptive phase c4 dimmer just isn't going to do since it's rated at 600 watts max. Anyone have a suggestion about supporting this much of a light load? Why does the client not want to switch to a more energy efficient load with bulb replacements? So the bulbs are specific to their application so they can't really change the bulbs. It's a bunch of lights on this load, about 30 bulbs SMHarman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerMRoach Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Could this device be used to control a magnetic load that is not compatible with the c4 dimmers?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Pine Farmhouse Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Had to install power boosters all over my place because of this issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puru Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 What type of load are you talking about? Is it 800W LED? I'm doing a commercial project as well and having the same issue. C4 technician is telling me to keep the load under 160W per switch but it is so hard when i got to run 120ft of strip light and bunch of other pot lights. It seems like i have to have multiple switches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Puru said: What type of load are you talking about? Is it 800W LED? I'm doing a commercial project as well and having the same issue. C4 technician is telling me to keep the load under 160W per switch but it is so hard when i got to run 120ft of strip light and bunch of other pot lights. It seems like i have to have multiple switches. Multiple switches or do centralized lighting. Or if you are going to use led controller just use a switch to turn the power on and off and then use the led controller to control dimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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