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Re: DIN Rail Boxes


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  • Subject: Re: DIN Rail Boxes
  • From: adrian.lucas@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 13:48:56 +0100
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So even for the AD10, a momentary switch is a better option.

Do you know a good place to buy them?  Presumably you can get them with=
various number of switches on one faceplate?

Adrian Lucas
E-mail:       adrian.lucas@xxxxxxx





Mike Huggins <mikeh@xxxxxxx> on 05/11/99 12:16:35
Please respond to ukha_d <ukha_d@xxxxxxx> @ SMTP=20
To:	ukha_d <ukha_d@xxxxxxx> @ SMTP
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Subject:	[ukha_d] Re: DIN Rail Boxes
Classification:	Restricted
>From memory you'd have to switch the switch twice. So if the switch
was=
on
and you'd X10'd an off, and you then wanted it on again, you'd have to =
do
off then on again on the switch.

When we first installed AD10's we had to keep our old switches for a fe=
w
days. That was 18 months ago. But I'm pretty sure this is right

----- Original Message -----
From: Nigel Orr <nigel.orr@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 05 November 1999 12:01
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: DIN Rail Boxes


> At 12:56 05/11/99 -0000, you wrote:
> >If you're using AD10's then you can use EITHER momentary OR
standard=
hard
> >on/off switches. Obviously LD10's must have a momentary otherwise
yo=
ur
light
> >will brighten/dim/brighten/dim continuously !
>
> Obviously ;-(
>
> As most of my lights are CFLs, dimming isn't an issue, so that's OK
really.
>  Now I just need to find a suitable box- for some reason square boxes=
seem
> to be like hens teeth- except for IP65 rated ones, which aren't
> particularly attractive... ;-(
>
> I presume that with the AD10 it just sets itself on the last command
> received, either an on or off from the switch, or an on or off from t=
he
> controller- is that right?  Or does it change state with each switch
> action, a bit like 2-way switching works?
>
> To put it another way, if I switch the light on with X10 and the swit=
ch is
> at 'off', how do I switch the light _off_ manually?  Do I move the sw=
itch
> to 'on' then 'off', or just move it to 'on'?
>
> Nigel (never one for simple questions...)
>
>
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