Indeed - but see also the picture in the middle of the 2nd row on p65?pepsicles said:Um, yes - I did buy them in homebase! Looked at the link and it doesn't look like good news does it? I don't really understand though, as I know they are manufactured by GET plc, who are a british company
Looks like it should be no problem, actually - it appears as though the dimmer implements all the logic, and you just string matching retractive switches off of it at the other switching locations, and when it gets a poke from one of those it will toggle itself.surely there is some way of getting them to work in UK?
Look on p166/167 for technical details. If you don't have a printed brochure, or proper instructions with the dimmer, get one, as the quality of the graphics in the PDF file is crap.These are the switches -
http://www.getplc.co.uk/2004/pdf/Get_Brochure_2005.pdf
p62, top left of p79, 6th picture on p93, p123
They are a spring-loaded push button. They are either normally open or normally closed, and make or break a connection when you press them (don't know which) and then return to the normal position when you let go. Just like a bell push.pepsicles said:The bit I am really stuck on is where they advise that all existing switches should be changed for momentary action retractive press switches - I still don't understand what these are!
You don't have as many wires with these as you do with normal 2-way or intermediate switches. Compare their diagram with the ones for 2-way and 3-way switches in the For Reference section.I also don't know where my 4th wire is supposed to go where there are 3 terminals. The instructions don't say!
It's a term which means it switches from one state to another. So if the light is on, you press one of the other switches, and it goes off. If it's off and you press one of the other switches, it goes on. Whether in this case it would come on at full brightness or at whatever the dimmer was previously set to I have no idea.Don't really understand the 2nd section of your reply about toggles and stuff. Sorry to be dim (pardon the pun!), but could you explain please?
Not if they are for the same light, no. You can only have one dimmer controlling a light. If you want to be able to have dimmers in more than one place for the same light then you have bought the wrong product.Are you saying that I can't use the other dimmers I've bought for the other switches?
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