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Gav43, as Breezer has said,; you must use this switch with a Varilight slave. You can not use a two rocker switch or another two way dimmer as the slave. If you have only bought the master, then you can not wire it up to work with the other switch in the room. Either buy an ordinary two...

You have to buy a slave switch as well. Wiring dagram is here Switch send goes to "live", either the red and blue or the red and yellow. The Red on its own goes to "S" Switch return goes to the "~/", either the red and blue or the red and yellow. You will have to work out which...

You should check the condition of the lampholder. If it is cracked or badly discoloured, then it should be replaced. Use heat resistant flex for your rewire and/or put heat resistant sleeving over the inner cores at the lampholder end.

They are rich because they are mean. They are mean because they are rich.

So it seems that FCU's are a bad idea because they have a fuse. I guess BS1363 plugs are bad as well, for the same reason. Maybe all house houses should be wired with 16A radial circuits to protect the flex from a fault current in case the home made 300A fuse does not blow. I'm glad we...

I work in computer support; well I did until I was made redundant.

Of course the irony is that the original question was: With my method the question would have never arisen. :)

Only, I'm not a spark. I just like a good debate. lol I wonder what other people think that the best method is. :)

Conventional dimmers are not allowed under my system. The system is just a normal radial circuit with a 20A switch or an FCU with some BS1363 sockets connected. So there is no problem with the user plugging in a fan heater. Dimming can be achieved by other means. 2A sockets looped off...

il78 We will have to agree to disagree. Not agreed. My method does not involve looping off the lighting circuit. It involves using a switched FCU, or making a dedicated radial circuit, which can be switched with a 20A switch. Looping from the lighting circuit is bad...

The "The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994" act was designed to stop the dangers caused by badly wired plugs. The act was mainly aimed at domestiic users. Since portable luminaires come pre-fitted with a 13A plug, it makes sense to only fit a BS1363 socket in domestic...

Method one does not comply because the total load on a lighting circuit should be known. It can not be known when a BS546 is fitted. You can assume a 0.5A load, but halogen uplighters are likely to be used in such sockets. Method two is OK because it is not a lighting circuit. My...

There 3 ways to wire a 2A plug circuit. 1. Loop from the existing lighting circuit. This method does not comply with the regs. 2. Wire a dedicated circuit for the 2A sockets. The circuit should be fused at 5A. It should be treated like a normal lighting circuit. Assume 100W per...