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WS13A for pool light
« on: December 03, 2012, 01:03:18 PM »
Looking to control my pool light, I would like to confirm whether the W13A will work as a single pole setup, current switch has 3 wires, black wire, white wire and a ground. Comments appreciated

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Re: WS13A for pool light
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2012, 01:57:51 PM »
WS13A requires a neutral line. Your description describes line, load, and ground...no neutral.

ftp://ftp.x10.com/pub/manuals/ws13a-is.pdf
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Re: WS13A for pool light
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2012, 03:30:59 PM »
okay, thanks for the info, is there an alternative switch that I can use,that has no dimming feature as the pool light is halogen and i do not want it to be dimmed
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Re: WS13A for pool light
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2012, 05:00:26 PM »
FWIW, halogen bulbs are a variety of incandescent bulb and ARE dimmable.  I don't know if your application is appropriate to allow the bulb to be dimmed, but a halogen bulb certainly can be installed in a flood light (for instance) with a module that does not have neutral (ws467 for instance).
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Re: WS13A for pool light
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2012, 05:10:54 PM »
Quote from: dinosinc on December 03, 2012, 03:30:59 PM
okay, thanks for the info, is there an alternative switch that I can use,that has no dimming feature as the pool light is halogen and not dimable
Nope.

bkenobi beat me, but FWIW #2.


However 120V halogen bulbs are dimmable. If under 300W would play happy with a WS467 or WS12. Some levels of dimming on a halogen will have a negative effect on bulb life (like dimming only 10%) but dimming of > 40% will not have a negative effect, Dimming of >50% should prolong halogen life, just as it would standard incandescent.

If you are running any kind of low voltage halogen, you will need to pull a neutral if you want remote control.
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Re: WS13A for pool light
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2012, 07:35:45 PM »
Okay, thanks for the info, the pool light is 400 watts so I will have do some more thinking on my options
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Re: WS13A for pool light
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2012, 07:46:00 PM »
Quote from: dinosinc on December 03, 2012, 07:35:45 PM
Okay, thanks for the info, the pool light is 400 watts so I will have do some more thinking on my options
OOPS!! Very sorry, the X10 dimmer switches are good for 500W. Also  Smarthome.com has Insteon/X10 switches which can handle 1000W, but might need a neutral.
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Re: WS13A for pool light
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2012, 08:11:39 PM »
Sweet.. okay I know what I need to do

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