Originally to dim standard incandescent light bulbs, a Chandelier could have its five bulbs controlled by a dimmer switch. Specifically CFC lamps that are dimmer compatible apparently are very rare as I haven’t seen any in stores that don’t have a warning against using with dimmers in the last year although regular CFC lamps are much more available.
Therefore, I’ve roughed in wiring in two rooms that each have five lamps in each chandelier with three hot wires in addition to a neutral. They are wired so that one wire each goes to a socket intended for a low brightness lamp, another wire for a socket for a normal brightness lamp, and the third wire is for the three remaining sockets to be switched together. In this way it was anticipated the I could have three brightness settings: low (lust one small wattage CFC lamp), medium ( two circuits on for the low and normal lamp) and finally all three circuits on for all lamps to be on for the maximum brightness.
I expected that finding a switch would not be a problem given that people would want dimming and the popularity of the CFC lamps. I’ve looked for rotary switches with low, medium and high settings that are approved for home wiring use in several stores and no one seems to have a recommendation.
Any suggestions?
Therefore, I’ve roughed in wiring in two rooms that each have five lamps in each chandelier with three hot wires in addition to a neutral. They are wired so that one wire each goes to a socket intended for a low brightness lamp, another wire for a socket for a normal brightness lamp, and the third wire is for the three remaining sockets to be switched together. In this way it was anticipated the I could have three brightness settings: low (lust one small wattage CFC lamp), medium ( two circuits on for the low and normal lamp) and finally all three circuits on for all lamps to be on for the maximum brightness.
I expected that finding a switch would not be a problem given that people would want dimming and the popularity of the CFC lamps. I’ve looked for rotary switches with low, medium and high settings that are approved for home wiring use in several stores and no one seems to have a recommendation.
Any suggestions?