Customer Reviews

Westek A6043CS 200W 3-Level Touch Pad Dimmer, Black

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Purchased as a replacement for one that went bad. This one is better than the original! Several options for mounting the touch pad allows more versatility.

We've had 2 of these units. I'm not sure why the first died (gift to my mother-in-law) but the second died on a cold, dry winter day when a static charge zapped from my finger to the touch device. Killed it dead. Worked great until then.

I wasn't sure what to expect when I purchased this dimmer but I was pleasantly surprised. First of all it doesn't look like the picture, it's a small black touch pad that with the lightest touch turns the lights on at either 10%, 50%, or 100% brightness. I bought the Westek lights to install in an entertainment center and the lights are very bright at full capacity so the dimmer makes it nice to create just enough light while I'm watching movies. Installation was very easy and only took a few minutes. I think it would be nice if they included a way to mount the switch to the side of a cabinet; they suggest using double sided tape. Since I don't need to do that anyway then I didn't care.

I use this for the christmas tree lights, and it works very well. No complaints at all.

I bought 2 of these and they worked great for months. Then a light bulb burned out and took one with it. A couple months later, the same thing happened with the other one.

I don't believe in rewarding poor engineering, so I replaced them with a different, more expensive, brand.

I ordered this Touch Pad dimmer to replace one that gave out. This one works just as described and is doing it's "dimming" just as it is supposed to. The shipping was quick and it arrived in perfect condition. Will continue to do business with Amazon, great company!!

My local Home Depot ran out of this. You can always depend on Amazon to carry hard-to-find things. Have few of these little switches. You can turn on your lamp 3 different brightness easily from wherever you lie or sit without reaching up and under a lampshade to find that hard-to-find switch than sometimes doesn't always work smoothly. Buy one, and I know you will like it. Right now I am using it on a standing lamp and placed the switch button on the floor so I can turn on the light with my feet.

I have undercabinet lighting in my kitchen and loved being able to dim them at night for a softer look. I bought this dimmer and installed it - easy peasy. A couple of months later, it quit working - and I noticed that a bulb in the lights was burned out. My lights are installed properly and I am not overloading the transformer, so I figured it was just a fluke. I replaced the bulb and exchanged the dimmer for a new one. A couple of months later, same thing - bulb blows and dimmer dies. I tried once more and the same thing happened again. It's a piece of crap.

The picture of the dimmer clearly shows open holes for a normal plug in device to be used,but what I recieved has none,hence of no use to me....