Hi all,
Very recently had a new bathroom fitted, decided to go for 2 sets of lighting,
Switch 1- Full lighting (6 downlights in ceiling, each 7w, )
Switch 2 - Mood lighting (shower light, alcove lights, lights above the bath, These are all low voltage 12v, 3w,)
Happy with the positions of the lights but they're both wayy too bright. Switch 1 is nuclear and Switch 2 is bright enough to light the entire room up without there being any places where the light doesnt touch, no shadows, no contrast.... so fails to be a mood lighting per sae.
Switch 1 - the extractor fan is on this switch too so assume I can't use a dimmer? So is the easiest solution here is just swap the lights for something much lower watt like 4w or so?
Switch 2 - is it possible and straight forward to make these 12v lights work with a dimmer switch? From memory the installer put a transformer between the cable and the light fitting to bring it down to low voltage. But as far as I can see on the box for the lights it doesnt say they're dimmable.
Thoughts/suggestions?
And apologies is this is really basic stuff.
Very recently had a new bathroom fitted, decided to go for 2 sets of lighting,
Switch 1- Full lighting (6 downlights in ceiling, each 7w, )
Switch 2 - Mood lighting (shower light, alcove lights, lights above the bath, These are all low voltage 12v, 3w,)
Happy with the positions of the lights but they're both wayy too bright. Switch 1 is nuclear and Switch 2 is bright enough to light the entire room up without there being any places where the light doesnt touch, no shadows, no contrast.... so fails to be a mood lighting per sae.
Switch 1 - the extractor fan is on this switch too so assume I can't use a dimmer? So is the easiest solution here is just swap the lights for something much lower watt like 4w or so?
Switch 2 - is it possible and straight forward to make these 12v lights work with a dimmer switch? From memory the installer put a transformer between the cable and the light fitting to bring it down to low voltage. But as far as I can see on the box for the lights it doesnt say they're dimmable.
Thoughts/suggestions?
And apologies is this is really basic stuff.