DIMMER SWITCH IN-LINE......PROBLEM!!!

[petersiva]

I'm currently in the process of wiring up 2 wall lights.I have done it in an unconventional way.ie I have PLUGGED the lights in to a wall socket and buried the rest of the 3 core wire into the wall to where it conects to a DIMMER switch and from the dimmer I have run 2 seperate 3 core wires to 2 wall lights.The lights work when I plug them in but I cannot control them from the dimmer.On the dimmer itself I have joined all 3 blue(neutral) wires together(not wired up to the dimmer itself).I have connected the earth wires to the switch terminal and the brown to L1 or L2.
what am i doing wrong???

 

[jockspark]

the connections you need are C /common and l1
not the way to install lighting circuit but
put a 3amp fuse in the plug top

 

[333rocky333]

.I have connected the earth wires to the switch terminal and

Thats not good
or do you mean the EARTH terminal

 

[jockspark]

well picked up rocky i thought he meant earth terminal but who knows

 

[Steve]

I have PLUGGED the lights in to a wall socket and buried the rest of the 3 core wire into the wall

That must look so tatty.

I bet you have carpet in your bathroom too.

You give Yorkshire a bad name.

 

[petersiva]

I have PLUGGED the lights in to a wall socket and buried the rest of the 3 core wire into the wall

That must look so tatty.

I bet you have carpet in your bathroom too.

You give Yorkshire a bad name.

Have to say it looks OK.The plug is behind a set of drawers anyway so it can't be seen.

 

[petersiva]

well picked up rocky i thought he meant earth terminal but who knows

I did mean the earth TERMINAL on the dimmer.

 

[petersiva]

the connections you need are C /common and l1
not the way to install lighting circuit but
put a 3amp fuse in the plug top

Thanks for that.Was told about the 3amp fuse by bloke in b&q too.