Re: Switch Conversion???

In article <rst7k.64884$102.40302@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jeff Volp <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
What you may have is an old GE low-voltage installation. The place where I
worked back East had that type of system. The rockers were horizontal -
maybe 5/8" by 1 1/4" if I remember right. There was no local click or snap
when the switch was pressed, but I could hear a click from the relay in the
ceiling. As I recall, that system was discontinued years ago, and it has
become a retrofit nightmare as the components wear out.

Actually, the GE RR7/RR9 systems are still produced, sold, and installed.
Parts are readily available, and there is also at least one competitor,
touchplate, that makes similar systems.

If that truly is a low-voltage system, then the wiring is apt to be
low-voltage too. Somehow you will have to deal with that. I am not aware
of any home automation equipment that will work with that kind of switch.

I think that GE sells an automation interface, but it's a bit pricy for
what you get.

I know that I have seen regular 120V switches that are mounted across
a standard single-box frame. There are one, two, or three switches in
a single gang. These switches would toggle and physically stay one
way or the other. Low-volage switches would be more like a pair of
push-buttons switches. Even if it is built as a toggle switch, when
released it would go back to the center position (neither side being
down).

marcus hall
marcus@xxxxxxxxxx
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