lighting

[patros]

I had a new lights put in. The output of the lights was 500 watt. It was connected to a dimmer switch. I did not know the rating of the dimmer switch. The other day I left the light on for a long time,and the dimmer got too hot. Following morning i tried to switch the light on and it would not work.
The problem is I have two indepent lights connected to a twin dimmer switch. When I opened the socket I noticed there was only single cable coming into the switch. There was also a link between the two dimmer switch.I am a bit puzzeled how this is connected. I need to replace the twin dimmer switch but do know how you can get two indepent lights working like previously with the existing single cable to the switch. Please help!!!

 

[breezer]

note my siganture.

you also need to have a dimmer switch that is capable of handling the total load of the lights, the one you had obviously wasn't since that is why it no longer works