I am starting to install switches... and I am sure I will have many questions.
In my family room I have a 3 gang setup. 1 switch is to a ceiling fan, 2 is to a wall socket, 3 is to a light on the ceiling.
Some questions:
For the ceiling fan switch... this basically has to be an on-off switch correct?
EDIT - I think there is a 15 amp load controller that might be better for a ceiling fan.
The ceiling light switch I plan to replace with a HLC dimmer.
For the wall switch socket... well, I hate these things. I never actually use them. Is there anyway to use a scene switch here instead? Would I need to just wire the wall switch as on all the time and use the gang opening to hold the scene switch.. Or can the scene switch itself direcly control 1 load? I've always wondered how people retrofit these in... other than just adding an additional wall box... which I don't really want to do.
Edit - I looked at the install instructions and a scene switch can not control a load directly... it only controls other UPB switches. It would have been very cool if it could have controlled a load... then you don't need an exta hole in the wall for it.
Thanks in advance!
In my family room I have a 3 gang setup. 1 switch is to a ceiling fan, 2 is to a wall socket, 3 is to a light on the ceiling.
Some questions:
For the ceiling fan switch... this basically has to be an on-off switch correct?
EDIT - I think there is a 15 amp load controller that might be better for a ceiling fan.
The ceiling light switch I plan to replace with a HLC dimmer.
For the wall switch socket... well, I hate these things. I never actually use them. Is there anyway to use a scene switch here instead? Would I need to just wire the wall switch as on all the time and use the gang opening to hold the scene switch.. Or can the scene switch itself direcly control 1 load? I've always wondered how people retrofit these in... other than just adding an additional wall box... which I don't really want to do.
Edit - I looked at the install instructions and a scene switch can not control a load directly... it only controls other UPB switches. It would have been very cool if it could have controlled a load... then you don't need an exta hole in the wall for it.
Thanks in advance!