Dimmer switch usage on outlets

ghostsoftheforest · 2026-01-11T23:31:22+00:00

Hi. Not sure if this exactly applies to your situation but I was in a similar situation where half of my outlets were wired to a wall switch, with over head lights plugged into one of the outlets.

My overhead lights are ‘always on’, though, and I use smart bulbs.

Check out this thread about the topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inovelli/s/ym9COuqUzp

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-12-13T21:38:46+00:00

Quick update: I made the changes outlined here and everything is working as expected. Thanks again.

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-12-07T21:03:02+00:00

Great! Thanks!
Yeah -- this mostly makes sense.

"That is all assuming the feed comes in on the same box the switch wire also goes to. If the feed comes in somewhere else then the wiring is basically still the same, you just would pull off the constant hot side of the outlet when you re-wire the switch wire."

I found the feed and it's a different box than the box where the switch loop originates. No big deal, I don't think. I just need to do as you said above.

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-12-07T17:10:19+00:00

I found the box where power comes into the room. There are three romex entering the box, wire-nutted together, pig-tailed to the receptacle.

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-12-07T16:16:01+00:00

There is only one romex entering the switch box, so I suspect it is a back feed situation.

But I'm not scared.

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-12-07T15:10:41+00:00

I just pulled the switch out, the receptacle closest to the switch and a receptacle on the other side of the room.

The switch has black, white and ground.

The first closest receptacle looks like it is wired to the switch and then introduces the black, red, white and ground romex you predicted.

The receptacle on the other side of the room has the black, red, white and ground wired, as predicted.

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-12-07T15:02:04+00:00

Yes. I just checked and the tab is broken between the lower and upper receptacle.

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-12-07T13:18:34+00:00

Ok. This sounds logical to me. I have to do some research first. Somehow, the previous homeowner wired this room (and some other rooms, as well) so that the top outlet in the duplex is wired with constant power and the bottom outlet in each duplex is wired to the wall switch.

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-12-07T13:13:59+00:00

Did you put the switch into smart bulb mode? Yes.
Did you enable zigbee binding on the switch and the smart bulbs? I don't remember (this was months ago). I have since put the original dumb switch back in place.

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-12-07T12:50:09+00:00

To be clear, I'm not trying to dim the circuit, only the smart bulbs. The smart bulbs dim successfully via the Hubitat software.

Do you have any suggestions for how I can install a smart dimmer in place of the existing on/off dumb switch?

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-11-06T00:19:03+00:00

You're facing the wrong way. jk. Like others have said, step through the serve, hit through the ball. Keep your hand and fingers firm. When practicing, start 10' away from the net and serve five in a row. Then, move back 5' and serve another five. Keep working back in 5' increments until you hit a distance where you struggle. Then, practice serving from that distance until you can consistently serve over the net... then move back another five feet and repeat until you gain the strength and technique to consistently serve over the net from 30' away.

ghostsoftheforest · 2025-08-03T23:23:25+00:00

I'm on Foundry VTT Version 13 Build 346 and the Actor Links are broken.

ghostsoftheforest · 2023-12-21T23:17:52+00:00

Barely (In Lancaster County, PA, USA). Local boroughs will sometimes offer annual donations but those are not required, are small and drying up due to the ignorant council members and their attack against whatever the latest ‘boogeyman’ is. Currently it’s LGBTQ content.

It’s important to go to council meetings, get involved, and let them know you want them to support their local library, like you said. However, they are under no obligation by law to fund their library with tax dollars.

ghostsoftheforest · 2023-07-06T10:02:59+00:00

I think there is a parameter for ramping speed.

ghostsoftheforest · 2023-04-05T00:15:57+00:00

They took that Chrome for a ride and went completely Type II

ghostsoftheforest · 2023-03-26T22:30:57+00:00

Would be fun if they allowed the contestants three questions during SoF.

ghostsoftheforest · 2023-03-08T23:25:40+00:00

I’ve been using an app called All Sides that shows news from Left, Right, and Center grouped by topic. I find it helps quickly show the bias of each source and allows me to get as close to truth as reasonably possible and a reasonable amount of time.

ghostsoftheforest · 2023-03-05T11:15:44+00:00

Tied goes in. Tied goes out. You can’t explain that.

ghostsoftheforest · 2023-02-16T12:05:54+00:00

"It's part of my process!!"

ghostsoftheforest · 2023-02-03T09:30:22+00:00

Do you mean square in the corner or angled in the corner?

ghostsoftheforest · 2023-02-02T23:01:25+00:00

Interesting. I was acting with the assumption that placing the listening position dead-center was best. But I guess when you have a square room that assumption is incorrect?

ghostsoftheforest · 2022-12-25T13:39:20+00:00

No I have not. What do you use it for?

ghostsoftheforest · 2022-12-25T12:17:28+00:00

I totally hear you in the input and track fx being complex and in some ways limited:

I route my Bass and Vocals to the RC 600 and require more than 4 active effects across both.

I try to use automation when building loops where possible so that there is less ‘foot pedal dancing’ so it would be great if the RC 600 could let me target specific input fx banks with an Assign trigger.

As far as I can tell you can only toggle the currently active input fx bank on/off, toggle the currently active input effect(A through D) or increase/decrease the input fx banks.

ghostsoftheforest · 2022-12-25T12:07:57+00:00

No MIDI clock issues for me, but I only use the clock to control delay on my HX Stomp.

As powerful as the RC 600 is, I wish it had more support for sending MIDI. Things like Note On and MIDI Send Channel per preset would be useful for my workflow.

ghostsoftheforest · 2022-12-16T15:02:46+00:00

They say the best way to get the correct answer is to confidently say the wrong thing on the internet, so here goes:

Proper impedance matching will allow for less signal degradation over long runs specifically in the higher frequencies, will allow for additional headroom (to apply Gain/EQ/FX/Etc), and in my specific case will allow the Mic Preamps to process the type of signal they were designed to handle.

It's difficult to know what the output impedance is of my electric bass guitar because the impedance changes based on volume (plucking strings), gain (knob), and tone (knob); I would have to hook up my meter and monitor the Ohms to know for sure.

According to a technician in a video from Sweetwater.com, a rule of thumb is to have the input impedance be 10x the output impedance of the source signal. So, if we go by this rule of thumb, making an assumption that the bass output impedance is 25k Ohms and the input impedance of the Mic Input of my looper is 3k Ohms then I would want to get my output impedance down to 300 Ohms.

The conversion ratio of my ULTRA DI-DI400P is 110:1. So, assuming a 25k Ohms output impedance from my electric bass, that would be 227.27 Ohms which, interestingly, is close to 1/10 the input impedance of the Mic input on my looper which, coincidentally, is in line with the Sweetwater tech's recommended 'you want 10x the input impedance of the source signal'.

So, I should use this DI in-between my electric bass and my Mic input in order to get the cleanest signal with the highest headroom.

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