Sounds like you learned from the video you posted on guy who kept shocking himself..
Jaime Solorza On Jan 27, 2018 6:31 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > Have three switches on a circuit in master bedroom running 7 can lights in > ceiling. > > Some of the last convert to LED. > They make some nice PAR38 reflector LEDS with a color temp equivalent to > tungsten. > Finally. > > So have thought of a dimmer on this for years. 3 switches. Could put a > dimmer in one place that would control the whole circuit but that would not > be good if you dimmed it then wanted to control from another location. So > went all googly and came up with a Lutron product. Has to be a particular > product that will work for LEDS. And has to be the RF version, not IR > remote. > > The master dimmer uses one of the travelers as a data circuit to talk to > the other dimmers and come to agreement as to the level that is wanted. > > Can dim from any location. You can put any number of dimmers/switches on > a circuit. Has a preset dim button too. > Gotta make sure to only have ONE master dimmer on the circuit. They all > get unhappy if more than one is the master. This detail is very hard to > find in the instructions. > > All of the switches have the dimmer controls. Only the master has the RF > receiver. Have as many remotes as you want. > > Too several purchasing misfires (and one factory packing error), two very > light at night tech support calls to Lutron (native American English > speaker that actually knew his stuff). Blew some sparks when jamming all > the wires into one of the outlet boxes (everybody does residential > electrical work hot right, else how would you know of you blew a circuit > breaker when jamming all those wires back in that little box). > > All the switches are finally in the wall, the grounds are even connected > and the coverplates are on. This after about a month of bloody ended wires > hanging out of the wall in three places and touching wires together to turn > the lights on and off... > > I would recommend this system now that the pain of learning the different > components and the wiring scheme is over. Two touches up and full > brightness. One touch up and preset dimming. Turning them off makes them > ramp down to a nice soft finish. >
