I want to have two settings for my bathroom lights - all on or just those over the bath on.
I will put those over the bath on one circuit and the rest on another. I will have a two pole switch which switches both circuits and a single pole switch which switches just the lights over the bath.
This should work fine.
However - I would like to be able to dim the lights over the bath so I plan to use a dimmer switch instead of a single pole switch for the over the bath circuit.
Again all sounds good...however....
I'm worried that if the two pole switch is on and the dimmer is on there is effectively live on both sides of the dimmer - does this matter? will it burn out the dimmer? I'm planning on using an MK logic plus if that matters.
I know I could put the dimmer after the two pole switch so the bath lights are always controlled by the dimmer, but I would like them to always be at max brightness when all lights are on.
Any help appreciated (including other ways of doing the circuit).
Thanks
Craig.
I will put those over the bath on one circuit and the rest on another. I will have a two pole switch which switches both circuits and a single pole switch which switches just the lights over the bath.
This should work fine.
However - I would like to be able to dim the lights over the bath so I plan to use a dimmer switch instead of a single pole switch for the over the bath circuit.
Again all sounds good...however....
I'm worried that if the two pole switch is on and the dimmer is on there is effectively live on both sides of the dimmer - does this matter? will it burn out the dimmer? I'm planning on using an MK logic plus if that matters.
I know I could put the dimmer after the two pole switch so the bath lights are always controlled by the dimmer, but I would like them to always be at max brightness when all lights are on.
Any help appreciated (including other ways of doing the circuit).
Thanks
Craig.