Quote Originally Posted by Darkice View Post
It needs a specific line voltage to work so adding a dimmer to it screwed it up.
I agree, the dimmer wasnt such a good idea. It's probably what killed it. If you want a back up, use something that turns on and off, like a ranco, not something that "dims" the power.

So per say if you had a helix and a ranco, you would use the ranco as back up, not the helix to back up the ranco.