Re: Dimmer switches

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Nigel,

That's a pretty impressive dimmer pack you've got :-)
At the moment I only *need* something simpler/less channels so the
second suggestion could be good. However, if the others come up at the
right price...

Cheers,

Tim.
p.s. also spotted the 10K/1k pot

On 8/21/08, Nigel Giddings <nigel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> I managed to pick up a couple of 12 Way 10A per channel units made by
> Helvar (ex millennium dome...) These are wall mounted and a bit OTT
for
> what you want... http://tinyurl.com/5rqhfs because of
the price I paid
> even with the c-bus 0-10v interface they still worked out very cheap
and
> with a potential 2.3KW available to each channel I was unlikely to run
> into dimming load problems.
>
> http://mobile.ukslc.org/reviews/87-lighting/42-soundlab-4-channel-dmx-di
> mmer.html  is an example of a 4 channel dimmer. This is more often
used
> with DMX but the simplicity (OK now I am a heretic) of a 1K pot using
> the 0-10v connection seems to fit what you want?  As has already been
> mentioned you could also use the DMX feature in the future. Not sure
> what would override what though....
>
> More details
>
> http://www.soundlab.co.uk/homepage.aspx?sectioncode=003300100035
>
> HTH
>
> Nigel
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Tim Hawes
> Sent: 21 August 2008 13:07
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Dimmer switches
>
> 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
> <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
> <mailto:nigel%40corbenic.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > Tim,
> >
> >
> >
> > Why do something simply when it could be more complicated?
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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...
> >
> >
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0-10_V_lighting_control
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0-10_V_lighting_control>
> >
> >
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Nigel
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
] On
> Behalf
> > Of Tim Hawes
> > Sent: 21 August 2008 08:44
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > 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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