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I was wondering if I could take a dimmer switch,and hook it up with a extension cord. That way I could control a uth with it.
Thanks Steve
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Steve
1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 Aru GTP
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Yes, I recommend using a junction box to conceal the wiring and to be code of course.

If you use a double gang junction box you can attach a outlet to the dimmer and have an extension cord with a dimmable outlet. They make those by the way.
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Jeremy

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow RTB's
1.1 Hypomelenistic RTB's
0.2 Pastel Hypo RTB's
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino RTB's
0.1 Suriname RTB
0.1 Anerthrystic RTB
0.0.10 Red Bearded Dragons
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.0 Ball Python
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0.1 Spouse
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Just a little bit of creative wiring and the double gang box can have a dimmer on one side and two outlets on the other, one dimmed and one on full (if you want one not dimmed) I made some like that to dim the heat source and run a fluorecsent light at the same time.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB, selectively bred from good stock)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
13.26 BRB
11.16 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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Steve
1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 Aru GTP
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When ya'll say, "extension cord," are you talking about one of the cheap, common, household type cords or do you mean a real electrical cord (something bigger than 18 ga.)?

HH
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It is said that 1 out of every 4 people are mentally unbalanced. Think of your 3 closest friends, if they're normal, then it's you.

When I make extension cords its for some heavy usage. All my reptile cages have 12 gauge wire. My extension cords have the same, as well as the facility wiring.

Jeremy
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Jeremy

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow RTB's
1.1 Hypomelenistic RTB's
0.2 Pastel Hypo RTB's
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino RTB's
0.1 Suriname RTB
0.1 Anerthrystic RTB
0.0.10 Red Bearded Dragons
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
1.0 Pomeriaian
0.2 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse
1.0 Child -coming soon-

Build yourself one of these. Dirt cheap and work great.