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We've just had an old tiled canopy removed at rear of house. All the original facing bricks are there, behind where it was (good!), but two rows of them are covered in thick, solid bitumen (at least, that's what it was called by the builder who removed the canopy). I want to remove the...

We've just had an old tiled canopy removed at rear of house. All the original facing bricks are there, behind where it was (good!), but two rows of them are covered in thick, solid bitumen (at least, that's what it was called by the builder who removed the canopy). I want to remove the...

Thanks, Lectrician. And there are no transformers or halogens involved ... just regular 60W SES bulbs in living room ceiling fittings. And no plan to load above 300W per dimmer module. Fully reassured now! Cheers ...

Aha, plugwash, that's the answer I needed! Thanks! The division of the back part of the old double switch front cover into 2 triangles is not at all obvious, but when I looked carefully, there they were, moulded into the plastic. And then of course it all made sense, with each switch's...

SUMMARY: I've just tried to replace a 2-gang 1-way regular switch with a 2-gang dimmer switch. I duplicated all the connections EXACTLY, but it won't work at all. I've replaced the old switch and the lighting works fine again. So ... can anyone tell me what changes I need to make to the...