remote controlled ceiling light

[mkgrady]

Does anybody make a very small remote control receiver that I can put in a ceiling fixture box?

I snaked a feed to a ceiling location over a dining room table. To run a switch leg to a wall switch would be very difficult. I'd like to just put a receiver in the box and mount a remote on the wall but the only ones I have seen are made for ceiling fans that mount in the canopy. That won't fit in the smaller fixture canopy. Seems like someone must make one to fit in the 4" round box.

 

[cschmid]

yes they do and you can get them from levington and from some discount stores like menards or homedepot..they are used with cieling fans..

 

[Dennis Alwon]

yes they do and you can get them from levington and from some discount stores like menards or homedepot..they are used with cieling fans..

The op said that the ceiling fan controls are too large. Maybe you mean they have smaller ones????

 

[dwellselectric]

Yes they do make a small one I dont recall the brand but if you have a Granite City Electric around you they sell them. They work up to 25' I do believe

 

[mkgrady]

Yes they do make a small one I dont recall the brand but if you have a Granite City Electric around you they sell them. They work up to 25' I do believe

Thanks, I was at Granite City today before I knew I needed one.

Anybody know a brand name I can ask for?

 

[mdshunk]

Here's the one that I've used in the past. Fits in the box or the canopy.

http://www.prestostore.com/cgi-bin/pro17.pl?ref=lightningonlineorder1867&ct=22337&rdf=go

 

[LarryFine]

Okay, a cheap, I mean, cost-effective way, around $55:

This dimming receiver fits inside a standard round ceiling box: http://homeautomationnet.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=142

This transmitter base fits several switch/dimmer fronts: http://homeautomationnet.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=181

This front has an on/off paddle and a bright/dim paddle: http://homeautomationnet.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=814

 

[aline]

Leviton Fixture Relay Module
http://www.smarthome.com/2250.html?src=Froogle

 

[mkgrady]

Thanks for all the responses

 

[macmikeman]

And as with regular dimmers, the Leviton remote dimmer is not for fluorescent fixtures, but does work ok on regular incandescent.