x10 basics--noob question
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Posted by T.B. on June 13, 2005, 5:00 am
Please log in for more thread options ok, i have a pull cord light above my kitchen sink that I need to replace with a regular light fixture that needs to be controlled by a switch. the problem is that I can't get into the wall to access the wiring to make the switch work properly. somewhere along the way, someone told me that I could overcome this problem by using an x10 switch module to control the new light fixture. so my question is: will x10 work for me in this application? if so, what components will I need and how do they install? i have found this product http://www.smarthome.com/2031.html but don't know if it is what I need. is there something that will need to go on the light itself? i'm confused and haven't really found any good websites that address my specific questions. thanks in advance, TB in Austin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by brobin on June 13, 2005, 10:25 am
Please log in for more thread options Need a bit more info please. Do I have this right? You have a light above the sink that works now using a pull chain from the light fixture. So there is power to the fixture. Is there a switch for that fixture already in place but broken or no switch for the fixture anywhere, except for the pull chain? If there's no wall switch now then you could use the following 3 items to do what you want to do. These are all from www.x10.com: http://www.x10.com/automation/lm15a_s.html This goes in the fixture. Screw it into the bulb socket and scre the bulb into it. http://www.x10.com/automation/ss13a_s.html This switch simply sticks on the wall and can controll up to 3 lights with Dimming control. http://www.x10.com/automation/tm751_s.html This plugs into any convenient outlet and relays the signal from the switch to the fixture module. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by T.B. on June 13, 2005, 5:37 am
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> Need a bit more info please. Do I have this right? You have a light above
there
> the sink that works now using a pull chain from the light fixture. So > is power to the fixture. Is there a switch for that fixture already in
place
> but broken or no switch for the fixture anywhere, except for the pull
chain?
there is no wall switch for the light above the sink. only the pull chain. > If there's no wall switch now then you could use the following 3 items to
Screw
> do what you want to do. These are all from www.x10.com: > http://www.x10.com/automation/lm15a_s.html This goes in the fixture. > it into the bulb socket and scre the bulb into it.
convenient
> http://www.x10.com/automation/ss13a_s.html This switch simply sticks on > the wall and can controll up to 3 lights with Dimming control. > http://www.x10.com/automation/tm751_s.html This plugs into any > outlet and relays the signal from the switch to the fixture module.
this looks like what i need. thanks for clearing that up. >
> > ok, i have a pull cord light above my kitchen sink that I need to
replace
> > with a regular light fixture that needs to be controlled by a switch.
the
> > problem is that I can't get into the wall to access the wiring to make
the
> > switch work properly. somewhere along the way, someone told me that I
what
> > could overcome this problem by using an x10 switch module to control the > > new > > light fixture. > > > > so my question is: will x10 work for me in this application? if so, > > components will I need and how do they install? i have found this
product
> > http://www.smarthome.com/2031.html but don't know if it is what I need.
questions.
> > is > > there something that will need to go on the light itself? i'm confused > > and > > haven't really found any good websites that address my specific > >
> > thanks in advance, > > > > TB in Austin > > > > >
> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by ceedub on June 14, 2005, 12:57 am
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>> Need a bit more info please. Do I have this right? You have a light above
>> the sink that works now using a pull chain from the light fixture. So > there
>> is power to the fixture. Is there a switch for that fixture already in
> place
>> but broken or no switch for the fixture anywhere, except for the pull
> chain?
> > there is no wall switch for the light above the sink. only the pull > chain. > >> If there's no wall switch now then you could use the following 3 items
>> to >> do what you want to do. These are all from www.x10.com: >> http://www.x10.com/automation/lm15a_s.html This goes in the fixture. > Screw
>> it into the bulb socket and scre the bulb into it.
>> http://www.x10.com/automation/ss13a_s.html This switch simply sticks on >> the wall and can controll up to 3 lights with Dimming control. >> http://www.x10.com/automation/tm751_s.html This plugs into any > convenient
>> outlet and relays the signal from the switch to the fixture module.
>
> this looks like what i need. thanks for clearing that up. >>
>> > ok, i have a pull cord light above my kitchen sink that I need to
> replace
>> > with a regular light fixture that needs to be controlled by a switch.
> the
>> > problem is that I can't get into the wall to access the wiring to make
> the
>> > switch work properly. somewhere along the way, someone told me that I
>> > could overcome this problem by using an x10 switch module to control >> > the >> > new >> > light fixture. >> > >> > so my question is: will x10 work for me in this application? if so, > what
>> > components will I need and how do they install? i have found this
> product
>> > http://www.smarthome.com/2031.html but don't know if it is what I
>> > need. >> > is >> > there something that will need to go on the light itself? i'm confused >> > and >> > haven't really found any good websites that address my specific > questions.
>> >
>> > thanks in advance, >> > >> > TB in Austin >> > >> > >>
>> >
From what I gather, you need an inline module such as: http://www.smarthome.com/2251ac.html This could be mounted into the junction box above your current pullswitch fixture. Below this, you would mount whatever standard light fixture you wnat. Then to control this receiver, you need to have a transmitter somewhere. X10 sells transmitters that look like wall switches. I don't know much about them. Craig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by T.B. on June 14, 2005, 3:47 am
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>
know
> From what I gather, you need an inline module such as: > > http://www.smarthome.com/2251ac.html > > This could be mounted into the junction box above your current pullswitch > fixture. Below this, you would mount whatever standard light fixture you > wnat. Then to control this receiver, you need to have a transmitter > somewhere. X10 sells transmitters that look like wall switches. I don't > much about them.
if i did purchase this inline module and install it in the J Box, would
> > Craig > > it just control the one fixture above the sink, or could I use it in the future to control other lights, etc? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> with a regular light fixture that needs to be controlled by a switch. the
> problem is that I can't get into the wall to access the wiring to make the
> switch work properly. somewhere along the way, someone told me that I
> could overcome this problem by using an x10 switch module to control the
> new
> light fixture.
>
> so my question is: will x10 work for me in this application? if so, what
> components will I need and how do they install? i have found this product
> http://www.smarthome.com/2031.html but don't know if it is what I need.
> is
> there something that will need to go on the light itself? i'm confused
> and
> haven't really found any good websites that address my specific questions.
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> TB in Austin
>
>