Looking for a light switch

[FionaZuppa]

I need to find a switch, preferably Eaton line, but other brands may work if their white color is close to the Eaton white.

Deco toggle dimmer for low watt resi LED light, but I need the dimmer actuator part to not be a slide control. Something like Lutron Maestro but the on/off needs to be more like the std deco snap toggle. Need to be able to "set" dim level and then use the switch w/o bumping actuator and changing the dim level. On Maestro you kinda have to hold the actuator up or down for a sec (or one push per level) to reach the dim setting desired and then it sticks there.

I looked through Eaton site and did not find one.

Suggestions?

 

[hillbilly1]

If it’s the one I’m thinking of, Eaton has discontinued it. I have a customer that has about 60-70 of them in his house, and apparently I have bought the last of them out on the internet! LOL! They make a replacement, but it has a slide instead of push to dim and brighten. They have a slave and a master.

 

[LarryFine]

Lutron Maestro LED+


You might not find one with a mechanical switch and electronic dimmer buttons.

 

[hillbilly1]

Lutron Maestro LED+

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You might not find one with a mechanical switch and electronic dimmer buttons.

Similar to what I was looking for, but it is the Eaton Aspire. Works similar, but has a curved paddle. I don’t know if that’s what the op is looking for, or what you posted.

 

[Little Bill]

I need to find a switch, preferably Eaton line, but other brands may work if their white color is close to the Eaton white.

Deco toggle dimmer for low watt resi LED light, but I need the dimmer actuator part to not be a slide control. Something like Lutron Maestro but the on/off needs to be more like the std deco snap toggle. Need to be able to "set" dim level and then use the switch w/o bumping actuator and changing the dim level. On Maestro you kinda have to hold the actuator up or down for a sec (or one push per level) to reach the dim setting desired and then it sticks there.

I looked through Eaton site and did not find one.

Suggestions?

Lutron Skylark has a slide to dim and toggle on/off.

 

[synchro]

In the Maestro LED+ that Larry posted, there are two Preset options that can be programmed instead of the default where it goes to a maximum light level when it's turned ON.
From Lutron application note #124:
• Locked Preset: When programmed for a locked preset, the dimmer will always turn on to the predetermined
“locked” level anytime the dimmer is turned on with a single tap of the tap button.
• Unlocked Preset: When programmed for an unlocked preset, the dimmer will turn on to the light level that it was
adjusted to the previous time that the light was on.

There's also a newer Lutron "Sunnata" dimmer where you slide a light bar with your finger instead of moving a rocker like in the the Maestro LED+ to adjust the dimming level. It also has the same presets for dimming as the Maestro LED+.

No mechanical switch, though.

 

[FionaZuppa]

The Lutron's however are not std deco snap (paddle) on/off, they are more like short stroke temp push button. I am trying to preserve the existing style throughout the home, std Eaton deco. I thought I had seen one years ago, the dimmer "slider" to the side of the paddle but it was not an actual slider, it was a thin rocker and you adjusted dimmer with multiple pushes up or down to set the dim.

@hillbilly1 - do you recall the Eaton model # ?

 

[James L]

This?

Eaton Wiring Devices RF9542DW Dim AspireRF Deco Acc for RF Mstr W

Eaton Wiring Devices RF9542DW Dim AspireRF Deco Acc for RF Mstr W

www.ktool.net

 

[FionaZuppa]

This?

Eaton Wiring Devices RF9542DW Dim AspireRF Deco Acc for RF Mstr W

Eaton Wiring Devices RF9542DW Dim AspireRF Deco Acc for RF Mstr W

www.ktool.net

They all seem to be push pads and not rockers, unfortunately for me.

 

[Little Bill]

The Lutron's however are not std deco snap (paddle) on/off, they are more like short stroke temp push button. I am trying to preserve the existing style throughout the home, std Eaton deco. I thought I had seen one years ago, the dimmer "slider" to the side of the paddle but it was not an actual slider, it was a thin rocker and you adjusted dimmer with multiple pushes up or down to set the dim.

@hillbilly1 - do you recall the Eaton model # ?

Did you see post #5?

 

[hillbilly1]

The Lutron's however are not std deco snap (paddle) on/off, they are more like short stroke temp push button. I am trying to preserve the existing style throughout the home, std Eaton deco. I thought I had seen one years ago, the dimmer "slider" to the side of the paddle but it was not an actual slider, it was a thin rocker and you adjusted dimmer with multiple pushes up or down to set the dim.

@hillbilly1 - do you recall the Eaton model # ?

Eaton 9534 DS, yours would probably be 9534w. Mine is desert sand (DS). I ordered some from a vendor a couple of months ago, took them three weeks to figure out they couldn’t get them anymore.

 

[hillbilly1]

That vendor still has them on their website, but they can’t get them anymore.

 

[synchro]

This brochure lists several dimmers in the Eaton Aspire product line that includes the 9534 suggested by hillbilly1:

https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/e...dimmers/aspire-design-collection-brochure.pdf

Of those listed, the 9540 looks like it might have the best chance of meeting the OP's needs because it claims compatibility with LEDs, and it provides a list of LED bulbs that have been verified to work with it:

https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/e...lection/aspire-smart-al-dimmer-spec-sheet.pdf

 

[FionaZuppa]

Eaton 9534 9540, paddle appears to be touch and not std snap.

I don't think they make it.

 

[Little Bill]

Eaton 9534 9540, paddle appears to be touch and not std snap.

I don't think they make it.

Again, did you see post #5?

 

[synchro]

Eaton 9534 9540, paddle appears to be touch and not std snap.

I don't think they make it.

They call it an "electromechanical push pad" for ON/OFF operation. That doesn't sound like a rocker, but it seems to imply that you have to push it in and not just touch it.

By the way, the 9540 needs a neutral but no required minimum load is specified.
The 9534 requires a 60W minimum load:

https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/e...smart-dimmer-instruction-sheet-eis-0127-e.pdf

 

[synchro]

The Leviton DSL06 has a full size rocker switch with a narrow slider on the side to set the dimming level. Is having the slider a problem? It doesn't seem that likely that someone pushing the rocker would be moving the slider around, but I guess anything is possible.

 

[LarryFine]

Again, did you see post #5?

He wants a Decora-style dimmer that turns on with a tap to the top of the pivoting paddle and off with a tap to the bottom, not just a Decora-sized dimmer where you tap the top for both on and off, and definitely not yours with the little toggle and the large slide.

 

[Little Bill]

He wants a Decora-style dimmer that turns on with a tap to the top of the pivoting paddle and off with a tap to the bottom, not just a Decora-sized dimmer where you tap the top for both on and off, and definitely not yours with the little toggle and the large slide.

I thought the OP was talking about a "Decora" shape so the plate would match other plates. Thought that they wanted a slide to dim and toggle to turn on/off. That's why I posted the skylark.
Guess I was wrong!

 

[FionaZuppa]

Sorry, "deco" "decorator" "Decora", std rectangle.

"full size" decorator paddle, no dim slider. I looking for where the dimmer part is just not a slider, and, the paddle is like std snap toggle.

Everything else in the homes are Eaton std decorator, so, trying to preserve the feel of the snap toggle paddle.

I looked more today, can't find anything, if it's out there it's probably off-brand.