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Caseta lamp switch + LV transformer
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Post 1 made on Monday October 3, 2016 at 02:54
watoosi
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So can you hook up a caseta to a landscape light transformer? Would love to control scheduling and such. How about a simple on/off fan switch?
Post 2 made on Monday October 3, 2016 at 09:52
Fred Harding
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pay attention to consumption and it should work great
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Post 3 made on Monday October 3, 2016 at 10:03
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I used a caseta in wall dimmer on landscape lights. Even though I had my controller programmed to turn it to 100% and 0, the dimmer died in a week. replaced it with a switch, and its worked fine.
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Post 4 made on Monday October 3, 2016 at 12:14
Ernie Gilman
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I've seen one application of dimmers on low voltage lights that worked fine, and the key was getting a dimmer made for a magnetic load. Our load was actual 240V-12V transformers where the 12VAC was rectified and filtered. Those have been in use without fail for about five years, or maybe four.

This google response looks like the right kind of category:
Lutron PD-10NXD-WH Caseta Pro In Wall Dimmer 250W LED / 1000W Incandescent/Halogen/Magnetic Low Voltage

That 1000 watts of "Magnetic Low Voltage" is the issue: does that mean they expect the dimmer to be used with, say 24VAC, or do they expect a circuit where line voltage is transformed lower and the actual loads are low voltage loads. I can only say it's worth looking.
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Post 5 made on Tuesday October 4, 2016 at 03:01
BrettLee3232
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I've used the caseta switch for landscape lights and it worked great. Just make sure you use the MLC that comes with the switch.
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