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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: bzellinger on July 12, 2006, 11:04:07 AM

Title: How do I control a chandelier?
Post by: bzellinger on July 12, 2006, 11:04:07 AM

I have a 5-bulb chandelier with a knob-style wall switch dimmer. What x10 wall switch do I need? Or is this even possible?

Title: Re: How do I control a chandelier?
Post by: dave w on July 12, 2006, 11:50:00 AM

Assuming you are using standard incandescent bulbs, and not CFLs,  this switch will work

http://www.x10.com/automation/ws467_s.html

Just replace your current dimmer with the WS467.

Title: Re: How do I control a chandelier?
Post by: steven r on July 12, 2006, 12:01:27 PM

Just make sure you don't exceed the wattage rating for the switch. Otherwise it's just like a single light.
Some switches are only rated for 300W. For one of those you couldn't use more than 60W bulbs.
The WS467 that dave w recomended is rated for 500W so as long as you're not using 5 bulbs rated over 100W each you should be ok.

Title: Re: How do I control a chandelier?
Post by: bzellinger on July 12, 2006, 12:18:08 PM

Thanks. Just bought 3 of them on eBay for $30 shipped.