How to reduce multiple dimmers

10 years ago

My electrician installed an 4 gang box of dimmers about 6 inches from mosaic kitchen back splash. It looks awful and I would like to try and reduce the clutter. The dimmers control led recessed lights in multiple areas and also some incandescent pendant lights.

Are there any combo switches that can control multiple sources? that work with both LED and incandescent? I see that HD has some split dimmer switches but they are for incadescent and halogen. I think I need a special dimmer for LED?

Thanks!

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Ron Natalie
10 years ago
Ones marked for incandescent only (halogen is just a variation on incandescent) may not work with LED (or low voltage or fluorescent for that matter) fixtures. I've seen LED bulbs just flicker disturbingly when connected to such.

No, I'm not aware of any LED-compatible multidimmers either. One option is that you could install some of the smart home automation dimmers elsewhere and then you can use a more compact "remote" installed in your backsplash to control it.
mtvhike
10 years ago
How would you reduce the clutter? I assume you want to replace the four dimmers with two double dimmers in a 2-gang box. It's a lot of work to remove a 4-gang box and replace it with a 2-gang box.
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