Hi
I'm hoping one of you experts out there can help me fit a dimmer switch.
My set-up is as follows.
I have a room with two lights at either end of the room (the wires for both lights come into the same switch box. What I want to do is fit a double dimmer switch so that I can choose whether to have one or both lights on and can dim each one individually.
I went to Homebase and bought a Decor Dimmer Switch - two rotary knobs with a push on/off action.
Inside the switch are two identical grey units side-by-side with one turned the opposit way to the other (ie upside down). Each of the units has an L1, L2 and squiggly line with an arrow going through it (ie there are a total of 6 terminals I can push wires into)
OK, on my wall there are two grey plasic sleeves each having a number of wires coming out. One sleeve has two red coated wires coming out and an earth (which is connected to the metal plate in the wall). The other sleeve just has a single red coated wire coming out of it.
The question is, where do I stick each of these wires given the configuration described above (L1, L2 & ->)
Hope I have described this in enough detail and really hope someone can help.
Thanks in advance
Mat
I'm hoping one of you experts out there can help me fit a dimmer switch.
My set-up is as follows.
I have a room with two lights at either end of the room (the wires for both lights come into the same switch box. What I want to do is fit a double dimmer switch so that I can choose whether to have one or both lights on and can dim each one individually.
I went to Homebase and bought a Decor Dimmer Switch - two rotary knobs with a push on/off action.
Inside the switch are two identical grey units side-by-side with one turned the opposit way to the other (ie upside down). Each of the units has an L1, L2 and squiggly line with an arrow going through it (ie there are a total of 6 terminals I can push wires into)
OK, on my wall there are two grey plasic sleeves each having a number of wires coming out. One sleeve has two red coated wires coming out and an earth (which is connected to the metal plate in the wall). The other sleeve just has a single red coated wire coming out of it.
The question is, where do I stick each of these wires given the configuration described above (L1, L2 & ->)
Hope I have described this in enough detail and really hope someone can help.
Thanks in advance
Mat