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Re: DIN Rail Boxes



Clipsal do some nice ones if you're into colour co-ordination. I'll be
ordering them some next week once I've worked out how many we need and
assuming we can still afford to after my X10 order snowballed
somewhat...

Mark's http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
might have the contact details for
them, and they are possibly in the Egroup archive, otherwise I can
re-post them...

Ray Barnett.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: adrian.lucas@xxxxxxx [mailto:adrian.lucas@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 November 1999 12:49
> To: REB.Barnett@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: DIN Rail Boxes
>
>
> 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
> To:	ukha_d <ukha_d@xxxxxxx> @ SMTP
> cc:
> 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 few
> 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 your
> 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 the
> > 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 switch is
> > at 'off', how do I switch the light _off_ manually?  Do I
> move the switch
> > to 'on' then 'off', or just move it to 'on'?
> >
> > Nigel (never one for simple questions...)
> >
> >
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