This past week while teaching a CEU seminar I was introduced to a new product that I have not seen. The dimmable receptacle outlet. Over the years I have seen installations that contractors tried to install dimmers on receptacle outlet circuits only to tell them it did not meet the Code and had to be disconnected. In explaining why they could not use a dimmer on the circuit they realized that plugging in a TV or some other appliance would have caused harm to the appliance. So I was surprised to finally find a way for us to use dimmers on outlet circuits. When using the receptacle outlets you will have to also use a special cord cap that only works with the dimming receptacle outlet, and that is so you won’t plug your TV or some other appliance into the circuit by mistake.
Below you will find a link to a website that has all the information for the outlets. You can click on the link or cut and paste it into your search bar.
http://www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocumentLibrary/369269_ENG.pdf
Till next week be safe work safe
Jake