Lutron Dimmers Buying Guide:

Light Dimmer Fact: dimmers dim lights by electronically cutting the voltage to a light.

Lutron Dimmers Buying Guide:

Shopping for the right Lutron dimmer can get complicated. Our dimmer buying guide will take you step by step through the dimmer selection process and help you select the right dimmer for your application.

How to Select the Right Lutron Dimmer:

1. Which rooms do you want to dim the lights in?
• Do you want light dimmer switches for one room, a few rooms, or a complete home dimming system?
2. What kind of light bulbs do you want to dim?
3. How many lights do you want to dim, total wattage of the lights?
4. Do you want your lights to be controlled from more than one location?
• How many dimmer switches do you want for the same set of lights?
5. Do you want to be able to use a remote control to dim the lights?
6. Do you want to monitor and control lights throughout the entire house remotely?
7. Decide on the style and color of your light dimmer switches.

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Common Lutron Dimmer Switch Applications:

• In dining rooms for mood.
• In home theater rooms to watch movies.
• In living room to watch TV.
• Offices for multimedia presentations.

One room basic dimming - Lutron Ariadni, Diva, Faedra, Maestro, Skylark.

Why use Lutron Spacer - single room, hand held remote control.

Why use Lutron Spacer System - single room, scene selection / hand held remote control.

Why use Lutron Grafik Eye - single room, scene selection, multiple dimmers in one 2000W max.

Why use Lutron RadioRA - whole house system, control lights in any part of the house.

Lutron dimmers - The kinds of light bulbs to dim:

Lutron lighting makes dimmers to control a wide variety of light bulbs. It is important to know which light dimmers dim which kinds of light bulbs.

• All kinds of normal bulbs - 120V or 130V;
• R and BR bulbs;
• A lamps;
• line voltage halogens - PAR lamps;

• Magnetic transformer - use magnetic low voltage dimmers.
• Electronic transformer - use electronic low voltage dimmers.

• Low voltage light bulbs - PAR36.
• MR16 - 12V and 24V.
• All kinds of normal bulbs - 120V or 130V.
• R and BR bulbs.
• A lamps.
• line voltage halogens - PAR lamps.

• low voltage light bulbs - PAR36;
• MR16 - 12V and 24V;
• Xenon;

• Straight tube 3 foot - 4 foot.
• T12 bulbs.
• T8 bulbs.
• All types of 4 pin compact fluorescents.

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Selecting the right Lutron dimmer wattage:

• Incandescent dimmer wattages are usually max 600W or 1000W.
• Electronic low voltage dimmer have maximum wattages of 300W, 500W, or 600W.
• Magnetic low voltage dimmers have maximum wattages of 450, 600W, or 800W.

Add up the wattages of every light bulb being dimmed by that light dimmer. The dimmer must be rated equal to or more than the total wattage of all the bulbs being dimmed. As a general rule - if the wattage is almost equal to the dimmer's max wattage, it is better to select a dimmer that can handle more wattage.

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Light Dimmer Switches: Single-Pole - 3-Way - Multi-Location

When you want to control a single set of lights from two different locations you have different options:

When you want to dim from only one side of the room - use a 3-Way dimmer on one side and a 3-Way switch on the other.

When you want to dim a single set of lights from two locations (dim from both sides of room) - use a multi-location master dimmer on one side and a multi-location smart remote signal sender on the other.

When you want to control a single set of lights from three different locations:

To only dim the lights from the dimmer: Use 3-Way dimmer, a 3-Way switch and a 4-Way switch.

If you want to dim from all three locations: Use a multi-location dimmer and two multi-location smart remote dimmers.

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Light Dimmer Switch Information.

Lutron Dimmer Styles.

Lutron Dimmer Colors.

We have the light dimmer switch to fit any application you may need.

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