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  1. J

    Swapping a switch for a dimmer

    I have fit the new box and it's all working ok now, I had a minor issue when I turned electric on nothing worked so took it all to pieces again and I think it may have been the earth, one if the switches in the fuse box had tripped so after checking it all and turning on again all ok! I didn't...
  2. J

    Swapping a switch for a dimmer

    Already done that slipshod, before I took the wires off last time I put bits of tape around them and took a pic anyway to make sure I was 100% sure but I will double check and make sure there is no room for error, just been and bought the box but have a bit of work to do right now so I will be...
  3. J

    Swapping a switch for a dimmer

    Thanks guys, just tested this now and worked great! :-) only problem now is that the back plate is too small so I have put the original switch back on and I will nip to the shops soon to get a new back plate!! thanks again for all your help! John
  4. J

    Swapping a switch for a dimmer

    yes there are 2 switches, one for the kitchen and one for the dinning room... Sorry just to make this clear I should put the wires from the L1 port on the current switch into the port marked C on the dimmer (including the single seperate wire to go from C to C?) and the wires from the L2 on the...
  5. J

    Swapping a switch for a dimmer

    Sorry, I didn't take a picture of the new dimmer configuration, I may be able to this afternoon but essentially it was identical, if you look at photo 1 there are 3 Main brown wires coming from the mains wiring, it has 1 wire into L1 and the other 2 wires into each L2 port, then we have a new...
  6. J

    Swapping a switch for a dimmer

    Hi all, I am looking for a little advice please, We have just put some new lights up in our kitchen / dinner and we want to install a dimmer to be able to control the brightness... I took the current switch off which has 2 switches to replace with a dimmer I bought from screwfix. I wired the...
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