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Installing Wireless Interior Lighting Controls

This 1920s-era house had almost no exterior lighting and not even a place to plug in the Christmas lights. Electrician John Schiavone installed new lighting outlets for the exterior and interior of the home. The lighting fixtures and table lamps in the living room are all operated by wireless control. Ben Wilson Jr. of Lutron/Keyes North Atlantic reviews the features of this system. The control unit has five settings for the homeowner to set, which will control various lights in the house. The system seeks out and uses wireless frequencies that are not currently in use and will not impede the use of other wireless devices in the area. Each room of the house is equipped with a dimmer switch that for manual operation.

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Installing Wireless Interior Lighting Controls

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" So besides having hardly any closet space this little 1921 house. Basically had almost no exterior lighting and not even a place to plug in the Christmas lights. Our electrician John -- only changed all that as well as adding some great fixtures to the inside of the house which is really undergone a big facelift. Now in the living room itself we're gonna talk about all the changes and admitted but. The light fixtures the table lamps are are all under a control that's wireless. In an old house like this you don't want to have to run from table lamp to table lamp turning switches off all the time when -- it's nighttime so. We learned how this one radio control can help not only turn the -- but also create different moods watch."

" The master control unit is the heart of the neutron radio -- system here. We program five buttons to accommodate the homeowner's lifestyle. Here we have the welcome scene. And this controls. Exterior light pull. Other runners that they're one as. -- TV. And this button is for when they're watching TV. You don't want every light on and I also have some on the lights to turn off and some don't. The brain of the -- trying radio -- system is RF signal repeater. Which seeks out a signal not being used by wireless devices such as wireless phones or baby monitors. He seeks out this signal to secure it so that it's only used by -- Tron radio rod system. The master control box is not the only way to control all the lighting in each room there's a wall dimmer switch which will allow you to. Turn it on our off or in between."

" I especially like the dimmer features."

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