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I'd like to fit white surface mounted downlighter spots under my fascia boards (low voltage, use no energy, free to leave on, that sort of thing !) . I'm having trouble finding what I need. Any ideas ?

I've installed spot lights throughout the ceiling of the upstairs landing. The backs of the spotlights are pertruding into the loft space and insulation. Is there a standard way of solving this, so I can move about in the loft and also replace the insulation safely ?

I have laid laminate flooring throughout the whole of the downstairs. I have quadrant around the easy areas but have gaps around architrave and door frames. Any tips on how to fill these gaps and make them less conspicuous. Cheers :)

That's the title for me and my wife ! which ones which ? :(

Do you have any advice as to what type/brand of dimmer and slave I should go for. Do both have to be part of a package or will a slave dimmer work from any type of dimmer ?

:roll: I'll hang my head in shame. All the wiring was correct. A broken live was all I had. Dimmer now works fine and the upstairs switch does what is supposed to. Thanks for the advice..

The single gang upstairs I haven't touched. The 2 gang dimmer downstairs has : switch 1: yellow - common, red - L1 switch 2: black - common, blue L1, red - L2 This is as per the original 2 gang switch. What do you think ? Are there any safe variations I could try ?

This was the original problem. crafty1289 wrote: was the old one: Code: L1 L2 / COM / COM / L1 L2 Did you take note of how the switches are divided? The line down the middle ought to give some idea - I'm guessing you thought the top row was the first switch...

I have now a different problem. I wired in as per your explanation, and the dimmers work fine. When I turn the upstairs lights off by the original upstairs switch, when I try to turn them on from the dimmer downstairs they won't come on. Now I've heard mantion of dimmers and 'slave switches' do...

With help from you guy's, I have now wired in correctly a 2gang dimmer in my hallway and have left a single gang switch upstairs. All works a predicted exept, when I turn off the landing light upstairs, if I try to turn them on from the downstairs dimmer they won't ! The dimmer is push on / off...

:D Exactly right. Thanks for the help.

I have a single gang switch on the landing down to a double gang in the hallway. I have swapped the hallway for a dimmer switch. I have wired in the terminals exactly the same on the dimmer as per the double switch. When I turn the upstairs on from the dimmer, and turn up to top limit, the...