Posted by plin321 on February 10, 2005, 5:31 pm
Hello, I just installed a halogen ceiling fixture that has three
individual lamps, all wired together in parallel, controlled from a
wall switch. What I'd like to do is install another type of switch
which will let me control how many of the three lamps are on (e.g.
alternating between one, two, three, all or off), perhaps based on how
many times the switch is clicked (in the above case, there would be
five "settings".
Can someone suggest an inexpensive switch that would work? If not, I'll
just use a dimmer.
Thanks.
Posted by Rich Greenberg on February 10, 2005, 7:50 pm
>Hello, I just installed a halogen ceiling fixture that has three
>individual lamps, all wired together in parallel, controlled from a
>wall switch. What I'd like to do is install another type of switch
>which will let me control how many of the three lamps are on (e.g.
>alternating between one, two, three, all or off), perhaps based on how
>many times the switch is clicked (in the above case, there would be
>five "settings".
>Can someone suggest an inexpensive switch that would work? If not, I'll
>just use a dimmer.
No such animal AFAIK. Use a dimmer but make sure its rated for enough
watts.
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Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on February 10, 2005, 8:56 pm
I've never seen such a switch, but when we lived in Taiwan, many of our
lighting fixtures worked like that. The switching mechanism must have
been part of the fixture, because I'm certain that the switch was a
normal on/off one.
Perce
On 02/10/05 05:31 pm plin321@aol.com tossed the following ingredients
into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
> Hello, I just installed a halogen ceiling fixture that has three
> individual lamps, all wired together in parallel, controlled from a
> wall switch. What I'd like to do is install another type of switch
> which will let me control how many of the three lamps are on (e.g.
> alternating between one, two, three, all or off), perhaps based on how
> many times the switch is clicked (in the above case, there would be
> five "settings".
>
> Can someone suggest an inexpensive switch that would work? If not, I'll
> just use a dimmer.
Posted by plin321 on February 11, 2005, 1:25 am
Yes, I know I'd have to modify the lamp somehow, since there's no wall
switch that can do this. Does anyone know of a circuit or device that
can be wired into the lamp for this purpose?
The lamp uses 3 halogen receptacles at 50w each max. If I use a dimmer,
I guess I'd need one rated at 150w?
Posted by v on February 13, 2005, 1:38 pm
On 10 Feb 2005 22:25:30 -0800, someone wrote:
>Yes, I know I'd have to modify the lamp somehow,
OK, 'cuz that wasn't clear from the phrasing of your 1st post.
You'd have to wire at least the hot lead from each lamp over to your
switches. You wanna pull wire over to the wall box, it would then be
easy to get the result you wanted, though with several switches
instead of one.
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>individual lamps, all wired together in parallel, controlled from a
>wall switch. What I'd like to do is install another type of switch
>which will let me control how many of the three lamps are on (e.g.
>alternating between one, two, three, all or off), perhaps based on how
>many times the switch is clicked (in the above case, there would be
>five "settings".
>Can someone suggest an inexpensive switch that would work? If not, I'll
>just use a dimmer.