Recent content by croupier69

Sorry for the confusion over the posts. This is definately correct now.... ...2 reds were going into common ... the blue was going into L2 I am just replacing a dimmer for a bogo standard on off switch in the kitchen, so technically it shouldn't matter what side of the switch the load is...

When you say "ususual to have a single neutral", it's the fact there are 2 reds and one blue that's unusual in what as far as we can see is just a way circuit I've checked inside the old switch, and the single blue wire was in L2 - end of wire definately exposed and nothing inside the...

PS Sorry yes I did connect earth. In fact first time I tried a plain plastic on off switch which wasn't earthed, and got the same effect, which is why I then tried the earthed one

Firstly sorry about the \\\'s - I was posted from here http://www.diynot.com/pages/el/el029.php which did that It seems like the red with the extremely short piece of copper (which probably wouldn't have touched the copper on the other red) and the thickness of the insulation, that that...

Soz for the double post - which I can't delete I was looking down here before, http://www.diynot.com/pages/el/el029.php and my new post seemed to take a while to appear

I am trying to replace one metal dimmer switch for another as the switch in the kitchen that had just stopped working - all other lights working fine on the circuit. It\\\'s more a less a swap of identical dimmer switches i.e. a switch with L1, L2 and Common with a green/yellow earth for...

I am trying to replace one metal dimmer switch for another as the switch in the kitchen that had just stopped working - all other lights working fine on the circuit. It's more a less a swap of identical dimmer switches i.e. a switch with L1, L2 and Common with a green/yellow earth for...