Re: Dimmer switches

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nigel,

Well yes, I was waiting for the shouts of "heretic" when I posted
that ;-)

I had considered upgrading to a managed system like Cbus but this
project has had enough "mission creep" as it is... What started
out as
getting the ceilings skimmed has now snowballed a bit. It's not
necessarily a bad thing but I should plan a bit more if I want to rip
the rest of the house apart.

My search terms for Google only seemed to reveal remote controlled
(i.e. from an IR remote) dimmers - do you have a link to the dimmers
you've used?
I've got good access to the ceiling lights from the floor above so a
bit of re-jigging could be possible :-)

Did you make up your own wall plates & pots, or are
"standard" dimmers
using 1K pots?

Also while googling, I did find these slightly higher-rated "iQ"
dimmer switches at TLC:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/KND22C.html
these are 300W vs. the more standard 250W and do both mains and LV.

Thanks,

Tim.


On 8/21/08, Nigel Giddings <nigel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tim,
>
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> Why do something simply when it could be more complicated?
>
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> Have you considered using a remote dimmer with a 1K Potentiometer in
you
> wall plate that could adjust the 0-10v control line on the remote
> dimmer.
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>
>
> You would need to run two low voltage/low current wires from the Pot
to
> the dimmer and you could have as big a dimmer as you like. I had my
> dimmers doing this temporarily until I installed the C-Bus 0-10v
> interfaces...
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>
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0-10_V_lighting_control
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>
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> HTH
>
> Nigel
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Tim Hawes
> Sent: 21 August 2008 08:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Dimmer switches
>
>
>
> What's the highest rated 2gang rotary dimmer that fits into a UK
single
> box?
> Most that I've found seem to be either 400W for 1 dimmer, or 250W each
> for a pair on the same plate. I have two ceiling lights, each with 5
> bulbs but the brightness is limited since I can't exceed the rating of
> the dimmer. I could split them onto separate switches but it's
> convenient to control them together and I like the rotary action,
> which I think rules out X10?
>
> The second output from the switch is for the wall lights, and the
> bulbs are regular filament ones - no low energy malarkey...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim.

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