Quote Originally Posted by led-zep View Post
Ok guys I get it. Not as practical as I had thought. I respect that. I'll go in and add a disclaimer. Thanks
It does have a practical application. For those that cannot afford proportional control thermostats could use this in conjunction with a cheaper thermostat. Running let's say IR bulbs of 150W @ 1/3 or even 2/3 rather than a 50W or 100 at full power on a cheap thermostat does two things.
First the bulb lasts much longer and secondly, it reduces the amount the temp can spike if the thermostat fails.
Some tweaking would be required to get it set right and personally I would prefer a dimmer that could be "locked" in at whatever you finally set it at after tweaking to help prevent mishaps.