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.
>

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