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All sorted. Just needed to swap one of the switches from the old dimmer to the new one. as the ones in new one Many thanks jj4091.

I shorted the problem circuit and the circuit does now work. So are you saying the new switch is the wrong type? if so what do i need to do to make it work? the old switch must have had a slightly different type of switch spec that wasn't fooled by the "no load" like the new one is. i still...

thanks jj4091. yes each of the (three) switches are push on/off and and turn to dim and yes live connected to C by daisy chain and each switch is connected from L1 to their respective circuits. I think i know what you mean by shorting the problem circuit i just like the word "short" when...

they were on dimmer switch before amd they worked but you're right they did not dim so they were just on off which was fine. so I dont understand what's changed.

here's the old one and the new one looks similar and is from tlc and is a 3 gang 2 way push dimmer 150w nexus. old one is v-pro 1 or 2 way dimmer switch min load 10W.

I replaced dimmer switch in kitchen as one of 3 switches had stopped working. two of the switches control two separate sets of led downlighters. The other one control lights under kitchen cabinets with each cabinet having its own transformer to match the load of each set of cabinet lights...