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Hi,
I'm looking at doing the wiring for my kitchen. I intend to use at least 8 GU10 50W halogens and I want to know how to wire it so that I can use a dimmer. Obviously the total load is 400W so it's going to require a pretty hefty dimmer. If I've got it right, I'll need a 600W dimmer to control 400W of GU10s... So, looking at the type of switches I want, the flat black nickel ones, ideally I'd have a two gang unit, one for the lighting and one for the work surface illumination. Problem is, all the two gang units I've seen are 250W and in fact the largest single dimmer I've seen is 400W. Assuming I can get a 600W dimmer unit, I wonder if it's possible to replace one of the 250W ones in a two gang plate as a 600W unit may be prohibitively wide (fat). Can anyone suggest a solution or am I forced to either have two separate circuits for my lighting or downgrade the power of the bulbs amd increase the number to 10?
Thanks
I'm looking at doing the wiring for my kitchen. I intend to use at least 8 GU10 50W halogens and I want to know how to wire it so that I can use a dimmer. Obviously the total load is 400W so it's going to require a pretty hefty dimmer. If I've got it right, I'll need a 600W dimmer to control 400W of GU10s... So, looking at the type of switches I want, the flat black nickel ones, ideally I'd have a two gang unit, one for the lighting and one for the work surface illumination. Problem is, all the two gang units I've seen are 250W and in fact the largest single dimmer I've seen is 400W. Assuming I can get a 600W dimmer unit, I wonder if it's possible to replace one of the 250W ones in a two gang plate as a 600W unit may be prohibitively wide (fat). Can anyone suggest a solution or am I forced to either have two separate circuits for my lighting or downgrade the power of the bulbs amd increase the number to 10?
Thanks