I am slowly getting my home automation working, and I currently have some upb dimmer switches, along with some x10 dimmer switches. This is working great for one room, however, i want to expand to others.
I have two situations where I need advice.
First is the living room. We curently have a wall plate that houses 4 on off light switches. They control the following:
1) Overhead lights (I will use a dimmer switch to control these)
2) Ceiling fan (what do i need to control this? I would like to have 3 or 3 speed control of the fan if possible)
3 and 4) These are switches that turn on and off outlets in the room. On those outlets I will install lamps, or whatever needed.
So, my dilema is the dimmer switches are rocker's in look, and the rest are just regular light switches. So, I need a rocker switch that just turns on and off power to an outlet, and a rocker switch that can give my ceiling fan 3 or 4 different speeds. Where do I go to find this? I would like to keep it as x10 if possible, but can go to upb if needed.
the other room is my bathroom where I have 3 switches. They do the following:
1) Lights above mirror (I will use a dimmer switch)
2) Lights above bathtub. These lights are funky in the fact that when I flip the switch, they slowly come to full illumination. I am not sure if that is the bulbs or what, not sure (bought house last year). I guess I could test with regular bulbs and see what happens....they could very well be non-instant on bulbs.
3) Bathroom fan
So, for the bathroom, I need a rocker that is simply on and off, i think.
Where do I look and what is recommended? My x10 interface is a cm15a...not sure what the upb is off the top of my head.
I have two situations where I need advice.
First is the living room. We curently have a wall plate that houses 4 on off light switches. They control the following:
1) Overhead lights (I will use a dimmer switch to control these)
2) Ceiling fan (what do i need to control this? I would like to have 3 or 3 speed control of the fan if possible)
3 and 4) These are switches that turn on and off outlets in the room. On those outlets I will install lamps, or whatever needed.
So, my dilema is the dimmer switches are rocker's in look, and the rest are just regular light switches. So, I need a rocker switch that just turns on and off power to an outlet, and a rocker switch that can give my ceiling fan 3 or 4 different speeds. Where do I go to find this? I would like to keep it as x10 if possible, but can go to upb if needed.
the other room is my bathroom where I have 3 switches. They do the following:
1) Lights above mirror (I will use a dimmer switch)
2) Lights above bathtub. These lights are funky in the fact that when I flip the switch, they slowly come to full illumination. I am not sure if that is the bulbs or what, not sure (bought house last year). I guess I could test with regular bulbs and see what happens....they could very well be non-instant on bulbs.
3) Bathroom fan
So, for the bathroom, I need a rocker that is simply on and off, i think.
Where do I look and what is recommended? My x10 interface is a cm15a...not sure what the upb is off the top of my head.