Dimmer as backup to Thermostat?

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It would not work that way. Each device is going to limit the current (or voltage, depending upon how it works) that whatever is plugged into it receives.

If used together, the dimmer will be limiting the amount of electricity that the thermostat gets, and that is not what you want.

I guess I just don't get it...its late and I am tired. Isn't the Dimmer after the Thermostat? So the dimmer would of course limit the current that the UTH receives, but how would it limit the supply of current comming into the dimmer via the thermostat?