OMG, I wish I was joking. Yesterday, when I was going to turn off the fan, I inadvertently held the button in too long. My jaw drops as the light, instead of going off, grows dimmer. Whhhhaaaa?
If you haven't visited our house, or have forgotten this teeny part of the one teeny room, here's what the super space-age light switch looks like:
We usually point it out when giving home tours... and I swear, each time we find a new function. The seemingly silly part is the up/down thinger you see is for the fan speed. And all the buttons along the left side are for the fan speed. Only by holding the big button in do you get the dimming function. It's the weirdest thing ever, and we've been living here for almost 5 months and just yesterday discovered this.
This is the mixed blessing of a new home that's actually quite old: we have a dimmer, woohoo. But it's a lame switch so is it even useful? If we accidentally turn the light on FULL BLAST and wake the baby, does that defeat the purpose? These are weighty questions... and I'm not allowed to have enough coffee to really think about them so early.
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sooo...does this mean no replacement? i assume your buzz lightyear switch will allow you to dim the light without slowing the fan? Ahh, technology makes life simpler, right?
It does have separate fan/light slowing/dimming functionality. I guess this moves a new fan from necessity to luxury. I'm still not in love w/ it, but if it can be dimmer, Jamie can be okay w/ it.
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