Home  |  Home & Garden  |  Home Design & Decor  | 

How to Select a Lighting Dimmer Switch

How to Select a Lighting Dimmer Switch

To properly view this site, javascript must be enabled and Flash version 9 or higher must be installed.
Get the latest Flash player
Steve McCurdy
Director, Residential Technologies, Leviton Manufacturing Company
www.leviton.com  

Leviton is a global leader in electrical and electronic wiring devices, lighting energy management solutions and commercial data infrastructure products. Founded in 1906 to manufacture mantles for gas lighting, Leviton has grown to offer a product line that includes more than 25,000 devices for virtually every conceivable residential, commercial and industrial wiring device need. With a tradition of excellence that spans over a century, Leviton is the preferred brand of contractors, installers, builders, specifying engineers and consumers. 

How to Select a Lighting Dimmer Switch

In this video, Leviton Director of Sales for Residential Technology, Steve McCurdy, describes what you need to know before selecting a dimmer for your home. He provides an in-depth view of lighting loads and dimmer styles available. The topics covered include how to add up total wattage and the differences between digital and electromechanical dimmers.

This expert: 14,088 views

This series: 3,626 views

Download to Mobile Device
Tags:

Dim

,

Dimmer

,

Light

,

Lighting

,

Switch

,

Select

,

Choose

,

Load

,

Incandescent

,

Cfl

,

Led

,

Watt

,

Wattage

,

Flourescent

,

Rating

,

3-way

,

Three way

,

Multi-location

,

Single

,

Pole

,

Digital

,

Electromechanical

,

Style

,

Energy

,

Save

,

Savings

,

Environmental

,

Preset

,

Settings

,

Sensors

Comments:

0 (Read Comments) (Add Comment)

Print

Transcripts

Steve McCurdy: Hi, my name is Steve McCurdy and I'm the Director of Residential Technologies for Leviton Manufacturing. You know, lighting has come a long way in a home and the way we control lighting has as well. Today I'm going to speak to you about how to select the dimmer. Now we're going to discuss several topics, one is the style of the dimmer, that you want to use in your home, the various types of dimmer switches that are available, selecting the digital or electromechanical dimmers. We're going to discuss the type of lighting you wish to dim, the wattage concerns, you might have with dimming. 3-way or a multi location control and energy savings with the use of dimmers. Before we beginning, we need to really speak about electrical safety, it's one of the most important things. If you're not comfortable with these type of installations, please take the services of a qualified electrician. I'll only tell you a little bit about myself, I've 30 years experience in Home Technologies in Lighting and Electricity and Leviton is a company, is over a 100 years old providing these type of products and solutions to the industry. So let's start selecting a dimmer.

Other Videos

  • How to Use a High Definition DVR Box

    How to Use a High Definition DVR Box

    Les of Stress Less Audio and Video demonstrates how to set up a HD DVR box.
  • Picking Lettuce the Easy Way

    Picking Lettuce the Easy Way

    Dave and Howard Anderson investigate a special tool that lets you harvest leaf lettuce and other greens quickly and easily.
  • Flower Carpet Rose to the Rescue

    Flower Carpet Rose to the Rescue

    Find out how masses of the beautiful and hardy Flower Carpet Rose can transform even heavily trafficked roadside areas into traffic-stopping, jaw-dropping gardens.
  • Organic Gardening Basics

    Organic Gardening Basics

    This video series will give organic gardening basics. It's becoming more and more important to take care of the environment. Start in your own backyard by planting an organic garden.
  • How to Close Down Your Irrigation System

    How to Close Down Your Irrigation System

    Dave and Barry Swanson show you how to protect your irrigation system from the winter cold.
  • Identifying Four Invasive Plants

    Identifying Four Invasive Plants

    Dave and Scott LaFleur, Senior Horticulturist at New England Wild Flower Society's Garden In the Woods, talk about how to identify and remove four types of invasive plants. Scott also offers suggestions for plants you could use as substitutes for invasives in your garden.