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I have had the light on tonight for about 2 hours so far and the smell has got stronger again and the new dimmer switch seems to be quite warm. I have turned it off for now and the smell has gone. I am wondering if I have wired it up wrong, although I'm sure I haven't. If I have wired it...

Thanks for your reply. Last night when I removed the old dimmer, I cut the wire instead of just unscrewing it out of place, so today I had to strip off some coating to get fresh wire. What was also weird, is that my wires are coloured Black, Brown and Yellow/Green??

Hi Last night the lights went off and my dimmer started to smoke. I turned the power to the house off and removed the dimmer. The circuit board was black and burnt badly. This morning, I bought a new dimmer and installed it and everything works fine, but I can still smell the smoke...