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asr t1_je6ob4b wrote
Reply to comment by ItsTheSoupNazi in Can we get a central catholic megathread to consolidate information/misinformation by greatsirius
That's the same thing - those are essentially more specific subsets of political goals.
My point is mainly it has to have some goal, just causing trouble is not terrorism.
asr t1_je6ii65 wrote
Reply to comment by xxdropdeadlexi in Can we get a central catholic megathread to consolidate information/misinformation by greatsirius
To be terrorism it must have a political goal.
asr t1_j2q6qxc wrote
Reply to comment by EliminateTimeZones in How many of these recessed lights can I use on a dimmer switch? by notscammed
Those are not rheostat (resistor) based though. They use thyristors to chop the electrical current (you can hear them humming if you listen closely).
Basically they are switches that turn on and off very quickly.
asr t1_j2q6evz wrote
Reply to comment by purrcthrowa in How many of these recessed lights can I use on a dimmer switch? by notscammed
Thank you. /u/velifer is simply wrong about this. Your memory of wire wound rheostats matches what I know - they are huge, used for theater lighting, and need cooling.
They were never installed in general purpose home lighting.
asr t1_j2q65y8 wrote
Reply to comment by velifer in How many of these recessed lights can I use on a dimmer switch? by notscammed
That is not a rheostat for lighting, it's most likely removed from the speed control of a motor.
asr t1_j2q5rr4 wrote
Reply to comment by velifer in How many of these recessed lights can I use on a dimmer switch? by notscammed
No they were not. Sorry, but rheostat dimmers simply get too hot to be placed inside electrical boxes on the wall.
You are just mistaken about this. They can only be used in specialized applications with the load exactly matched to the rheostat.
They were never used for general purpose lighting in homes.
I don't even get how you think they were supposed to work - the rheostat has to match the load exactly, how exactly would you even install them in a home where the homeowner can change the light bulb?
(Fans are a different story.)
asr t1_j2q53km wrote
Reply to comment by HanzG in How many of these recessed lights can I use on a dimmer switch? by notscammed
Correct, the old resistors based ones were not used in homes, only in commercial applications (theaters).
They were too large and got too hot to be useful in homes.
asr t1_j2pfp3j wrote
Reply to comment by HanzG in How many of these recessed lights can I use on a dimmer switch? by notscammed
That is not worth noting because that's not true.
Older dimmers are NOT variable resistors! That's simply not true.
asr t1_j2pfkb0 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How many of these recessed lights can I use on a dimmer switch? by notscammed
Except that he's right, and you are wrong. And your childish insults doesn't help your case at all.
asr t1_j2pfg4c wrote
Reply to comment by velifer in How many of these recessed lights can I use on a dimmer switch? by notscammed
Sorry, but it's you that is wrong. No one uses rheostat dimmers, they would radiate a ridiculous amount of heat - basically the entire heat load of a lamp, inside a tiny box.
/u/Riegel_Haribo is correct.
Maybe you are confused because they look like rheostats, but they are not.
asr t1_j2pf145 wrote
Reply to comment by jzooor in How many of these recessed lights can I use on a dimmer switch? by notscammed
TRIAC based dimmers do that. But newer (and better) MOSFET types cut out the high parts of the waveform instead.
They work better for LED's - more compatibility, and the ability to dim to lower levels.
asr t1_izte8vy wrote
Reply to comment by kneefglarp1928 in Used drywall compound instead of tile adhesive. How screwed am I ? by xdr567
That's your reaction to someone picking up the wrong bucket of material?
Yikes. Humans make mistakes. It's all in how they handle things after the mistake. But to be that harsh for a mistake?
asr t1_ixozmz6 wrote
Reply to comment by FUCKUPMC in Pittsburgh's largest nonprofit is concerned that its profits are down by thanxhaveagood1
A: Those people with the high salaries still pay income tax.
B: EVERY company gets to write off salaries (all salaries) before paying corporate tax. So there's nothing different here.
asr t1_ixozhty wrote
Reply to comment by RubberChicken24 in Pittsburgh's largest nonprofit is concerned that its profits are down by thanxhaveagood1
> and generates a boatload of money
By law this is capped at 20%.
> Insurers are the real benefactors of healthcare in the US.
It's actually less than 20% - they have to spend 80% on payouts to providers, from the remaining 20% they have to pay administrative staff, their actual profit margin is not high.
> Their hospital division is non profit and does struggle to make ends meet.
Then something is seriously wonky - the insurance is not the source of high costs, usually it's Dr's and hospitals, but you claim they are losing money. So where did it all go?!?
asr t1_je8pie2 wrote
Reply to comment by Aggravating_Foot_528 in Can we get a central catholic megathread to consolidate information/misinformation by greatsirius
No, it's a tool for a political goal, it's not a political goal in and of itself.