MaxAbelard
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Have just moved to Germany (don’t yet speak German) and am trying to replace double-gang rocker switch plate with a Busch Dimmer. The current set-up (see photos) has a double face-plate connected by a single frame. The top face-plate is a double-gang rocker switch which turns living-room light on/off (where now only 1 switch is being used; the other was for another set of lights, no longer in use), the lower face plate is a rotary dimmer which controls the lights in the kitchen.
So, I want to replace the double-rocker switch with another Busch dimmer. I went and bought the same type of Busch dimmer as the existing one that controls the kitchen lights and tried to fit it.
The problem is that I now have the new rotary dimmer fitted, but when you turn it on, it switches both kitchen and living-room lights on. Moreover, it is dimming the living-room; and the other Dimmer for the kitchen does not dim, it only switches the light on or off.
So I have two dimmers, one works as on/off switch for both Dimmers (don't want this, want them to be independent) and dims itself, but other Dimmer will not switch on/off independently and does not dim!!? The existing wiring was 1 black wire and 2 yellow wires coming into top double-rocker, and 1 black wire coming into rotary Dimmer. Between both dimmer and rocker was a single brown traveller wire crossing between. I have tried simply to replicate the wiring but to no avail. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. The kitchen lights ….4 x 30 watts. The living room light 4x60 watts.
Notes on photos:
(i) Front view of Busch Dimmers: Original wiring was as the photo shows, except that the rocker switch on the left (now the new dimmer) had both yellow wires going to it (see photo). I changed this as dimmer were not dimming, and placed wire across to second dimmer, which briefly made both dimmers work. (ii) Front Overhead view of Dimmers: the orange wire in photos is in fact the Black wire (extended). (iii) The rear-view of the original Rocker switch (to Kitchen, no. 5 on block) had Brown wire going to Top Far Right (right of the ‘L’ ) next to which was the Black wire. I hope this explains things a bit better.
Many Thanks Max
So, I want to replace the double-rocker switch with another Busch dimmer. I went and bought the same type of Busch dimmer as the existing one that controls the kitchen lights and tried to fit it.
The problem is that I now have the new rotary dimmer fitted, but when you turn it on, it switches both kitchen and living-room lights on. Moreover, it is dimming the living-room; and the other Dimmer for the kitchen does not dim, it only switches the light on or off.
So I have two dimmers, one works as on/off switch for both Dimmers (don't want this, want them to be independent) and dims itself, but other Dimmer will not switch on/off independently and does not dim!!? The existing wiring was 1 black wire and 2 yellow wires coming into top double-rocker, and 1 black wire coming into rotary Dimmer. Between both dimmer and rocker was a single brown traveller wire crossing between. I have tried simply to replicate the wiring but to no avail. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. The kitchen lights ….4 x 30 watts. The living room light 4x60 watts.
Notes on photos:
(i) Front view of Busch Dimmers: Original wiring was as the photo shows, except that the rocker switch on the left (now the new dimmer) had both yellow wires going to it (see photo). I changed this as dimmer were not dimming, and placed wire across to second dimmer, which briefly made both dimmers work. (ii) Front Overhead view of Dimmers: the orange wire in photos is in fact the Black wire (extended). (iii) The rear-view of the original Rocker switch (to Kitchen, no. 5 on block) had Brown wire going to Top Far Right (right of the ‘L’ ) next to which was the Black wire. I hope this explains things a bit better.
Many Thanks Max
