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Had another look, and finally found the data plate (on the inside of the door, of all places...) 230V 4950W (!!) Use 25A fuse No wonder its blowing a 13A fuse! So what's the best way to wire this in, then? A dedicated circuit from the consumer unit, like a power shower? Chris

I've bought a second-hand Miele professional washing machine - the proper heavy duty type that's designed to run all day every day. I've wired a normal 13A plug onto the cable and plugged it into the wall. The problem I have is that about once every 4 or 5 washes, it blows the 13A fuse in the...

Thinking about it, you're right! In the TLC diagram, each pin in the master is wired directly to the same pin in the slave. So they're effectlively in parallel, and the load can be connected to either switch.... Thanks!! Saves me lots of work! Chris

Damn - looks like I've got to knock another hole in my wall.... Thanks for the speedy reply Chris

I'm trying to add dimmer switches to 2 adjoining rooms. Each room has two 2-way switches wired conventionally as follows: switch2(slave) -> 3 wires -> switch1(master) -> 2 wires -> light Now its pretty simple to convert this to dimmers by using master and slave dimmer switches. HOWEVER...