Switching light strings powered from transformers.

[menehune]

I have several sets of "Grain of Wheat" light strands that I would like to sequence from a Prop1.  It would be nice to have dimming capability but it is not essential. 
The bulbs are low voltage and run from a step down transformer that plugs into the wall. 
I should use a RC-4 instead of a FC-4 since transformers cannot be "dimmed", correct?

[JonnyMac]

One customer found that the FC-4 worked down to about 35 volts -- can you build strings that want that much voltage and use that as the FC-4 AC power input?

I think the magnetics of the transformer will hose up the phase switched output of the FC-4 and dimming will not be apparent.  But the truth is, I don't know, and I might just have to pop over to All Electronics for a transformer to find out.

Don't wait on my experiment, though, I'm head north for a few days with the other John for mad product planning 2009!

[menehune]

Unfortunately, the lights run off a 24V transformer and I forgot that they have a built-in controller :(  I guess I could chop the supplied controller off and connect all the bulbs in series.  I could then program my own patterns into the lights.