Hi,
I was wondering if I could pick your brains on a couple of things?
First up, I'm trying to replace a standard 1-way switch with a dimmer and need some advice with the wiring.
The dimmer has three terminals ~(with arrow through it) L1 and L2.
The original switch is wired as follows:
2 red wires connected to COM
1 red wire connected to L1
From reading the forum, would I be right if I connect the 2 reds to ~(with arrow through it) and the other red to L1?
The second problem seems to be misconfigured wiring.
In my hall I have two switches:
Switch 1 - a 3-way which controls hall, porch and landing lights.
Switch 2 - a 1-way that also controls the hall light.
Switch 1 works perfectly until I use switch 2, ie if I turn the hall on with switch 1 it lights no problem.
However, if I then turn this light off from Switch 2, Switch 1 will no longer work for the hall.
I haven't had a chance to check the wiring on this but how would this type of arrangement normally be wired?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I was wondering if I could pick your brains on a couple of things?
First up, I'm trying to replace a standard 1-way switch with a dimmer and need some advice with the wiring.
The dimmer has three terminals ~(with arrow through it) L1 and L2.
The original switch is wired as follows:
2 red wires connected to COM
1 red wire connected to L1
From reading the forum, would I be right if I connect the 2 reds to ~(with arrow through it) and the other red to L1?
The second problem seems to be misconfigured wiring.
In my hall I have two switches:
Switch 1 - a 3-way which controls hall, porch and landing lights.
Switch 2 - a 1-way that also controls the hall light.
Switch 1 works perfectly until I use switch 2, ie if I turn the hall on with switch 1 it lights no problem.
However, if I then turn this light off from Switch 2, Switch 1 will no longer work for the hall.
I haven't had a chance to check the wiring on this but how would this type of arrangement normally be wired?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks
