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Re: The wife don't like my LW10 !!!


  • To: "'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: The wife don't like my LW10 !!!
  • From: "Brown, Andy [Infrastructure]" <AndyB@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:47:56 -0000
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I'm still not completely clear on how to fit an AD10 so a diagram and some
idiot proof instructions for fitting would be great.  I'd have to replace
our current dimmer switches with some push button ones (e.g. the brass ones
from letsautomate).  Can this be done with existing wiring?

Cheers

Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Raymond [SMTP:Reb.barnett@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Monday, January 10, 2000 1:02 PM;
> To:	'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject:	[ukha_d] Re: The wife don't like my LW10 !!!
>
> If you don't want to dim the lights, and AD10 does the job nicely:
>
> Wire the AD10 L and N supply to the common live and neutral. Take the
> switched live that feeds the light fitting and feed it instead to the
> local control input for the AD10.
> Then connect the switched output from the AD10 to the light fitting.
>
> It's a lot easier than it sounds, perhaps a diagram would be of more
> use? Basically though, you leave the old two way switch wiring in
place,
> since all that does is allow two switches to provide a single on-off,
> then wire that to the local control of the AD10.
>
> It means that when we move, 10 minutes fiddling in the loft and the
> light fitting will be completely standard again!
>
> Ray.
>
> > >Not much details are known yet about the eventual replacement
of the
> > >LW10U.  2-way switching (eg. for stairs) could be one of the
> > improvements.
> >
> > How do folks handle that at the moment?  Is it a horrendous
> > kludge or is
> > there a simple way that I can't see to allow X-10 to force on
> > or force off
> > the light, without using 2 modules...
> >
>
>
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