[NEEDS UPDATING] Bulbs, switches and sensors, oh my....what to buy (device class features FAQ)

[JDRoberts]

@chadbaldwin

@JDRoberts, @fstbusa, @tlrdstd, @johnconstantelo

I’m reading up on the in-wall light switches. Do you guys know if there are any dimmer switches that are (not sure the best way to say it) “data only”…if that makes sense? For example…I install a dimmer light switch…and I set the dimmer to 50%…all it does is send the 50% brightness event to an assigned bulb…it doesn’t actually do any physical dimming.

Does that make sense?

The main reason I want this is because I don’t like the placement of the kitchen light switch, and we have another light switch that is in the perfect place, and it’s never used. So, it would be cool to install a dimmer switch in the light switch I want to use, but use it to dim and control the kitchen lights…

There’s a light switch FAQ on dimmers that are not on the same circuit, it should give you some ideas:

FAQ: How to add a second wall dimmer without wiring?

I’m looking for a solution to the following problem: Our kitchen is rectangular and has two entrances on opposite sides of the room. Unfortunately, only one entrance has a wall dimmer to control the kitchen lights. As both entrances are used relatively equally, we’d like to have dimmers at both entrances to avoid having to walk across a dark room to turn on the light (causes more accidents than you’d think). We could obviously install 3-way dimmers to solve our problem, but after a long renovation, we’d prefer a solution that doesn’t involve fishing new wires every which way and paying expensive labor costs for an electrician to do this. We also want the two dimmers to work with ST. After some research, we believe the Lutron Caseta with Pico Wireless Remote Kit would solve our problem, as…