I have removed the varilight and put back the dimmer that was on it existing with the way the wiring was
Two Way Dimmer Fitting
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I have removed the varilight and put back the dimmer that was on it existing with the way the wiring was
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Not sure what your pictures
I have 12 x 4.5w bulbs up there
OK - sorry - I thought you'd got 2 GU10 LEDs....
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I have ordered a slave dimmer for now as not really getting anywhere at the moment
Will try it with that and report back
Thanks for the help to everyone who has tried to help
Will try it with that and report back
Thanks for the help to everyone who has tried to help
Thats unlikely to work.
Sounds like you had a master dimmer and slave dimmer before.
Now you want a standard dimmer and a rocker.
The old wiring set up is different to the wiring set up you will need for the new system.
however you most likely have the wires there to reconfigure it,
It is unlikely to work otherwise.
Really you first need to understand how the switching works
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/Systems/TouchRemote.htm
http://www.varilight.co.uk/leaflets/V-Pro Push Dimmer Instructions 758B.pdf
Looking at fig 3 your yellow core will be the com to com link shown and the rest is straight forward, but not sure this will work using a slave and rocker
Sounds like you had a master dimmer and slave dimmer before.
Now you want a standard dimmer and a rocker.
The old wiring set up is different to the wiring set up you will need for the new system.
however you most likely have the wires there to reconfigure it,
It is unlikely to work otherwise.
Really you first need to understand how the switching works
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/Systems/TouchRemote.htm
http://www.varilight.co.uk/leaflets/V-Pro Push Dimmer Instructions 758B.pdf
Looking at fig 3 your yellow core will be the com to com link shown and the rest is straight forward, but not sure this will work using a slave and rocker
Thanks for the information
I am comfortable with the rewiring and starting from scratch
What puzzles me is the 4 red wiring coming, 2 of then have tape the same colour
I don't where these 2 come from, I can separate the wiring that goes to the slave but this other bunch of wiring I can't separate as it seems to me as it's two feeds coming from two different switches and as it under the plaster the wires in the switch are mixed up
Hope you understand what I mean
I am comfortable with the rewiring and starting from scratch
What puzzles me is the 4 red wiring coming, 2 of then have tape the same colour
I don't where these 2 come from, I can separate the wiring that goes to the slave but this other bunch of wiring I can't separate as it seems to me as it's two feeds coming from two different switches and as it under the plaster the wires in the switch are mixed up
Hope you understand what I mean
As edited above, look at fig 3 of the second link.
There is not 4 reds, treat each switch of the double seperate.
Two of them are for the other switch, nothing to do with the two way.
Though the brown wire is used to supply power to the 2 way set up
There is not 4 reds, treat each switch of the double seperate.
Two of them are for the other switch, nothing to do with the two way.
Though the brown wire is used to supply power to the 2 way set up
Thanks
I understand treating the 3 switches seperate
I can wire slave part easy, and I know what the brown wire does
If someone can tell how the other 4 I think I be sorted
Slave arrived today
Worked as it should with the 10 LED dimmable and 2 standard GU10
Take the standard GU10s out and the lifts don't go out properly or work as they should
Worked as it should with the 10 LED dimmable and 2 standard GU10
Take the standard GU10s out and the lifts don't go out properly or work as they should
It certainly sounds like a problem of the dimmer's 'minimum load'. Is this still the one which says "10W minimum" (your LEDs clearly account for much more than that)?
Kind Regards, John
Same dimmer, both Varilight Eclipse
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