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    Anyone else installing dimmer switches in the attic and pico on the walls?

    Anyone else installing dimmer switches in the attic and pico on the walls? I have six recessed lights and want to split them into groups but I don't want to have a 3 gang box on the wall taking up space. Or are other people here doing it differently?

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    -mcflied

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    The trouble with attic spaces is temperature and humidity. Both the range and the transition (hot/cold, day/night). It's nearly an 'outdoor' location with the exception of no direct rain on it. That and you lose the ability to control it from a nearby position should need arise. Popping the air-gap button out to replace a fixture, for example. An alternative is to put them in another interior wall somewhere nearby. Use code-approved installation of junction boxes in the attic to allow for connecting new lengths of wire from the existing fixtures to the new dimmer location.

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