Dimmer switch & new light fittings

[drgl]

I'm fitting two new light fittings which take 5 bulbs each,when buying them i told the bloke in the shop they were going through a dimmer switch,is it safe to have two lights each with 5 bulbs rated at either 40W or 60W???!! He seemed to think so!!.......

 

[masona]

I'm not an electrician.

On the back of the dimmer switch,it should tell you the maximum watts rating for the total bulbs wattage

 

[breezer]

masona is right, you should not exceed the maximum for any given dimmer sitch (they bur out if you do)

you should get a dimmer switch that is rated at 600watts or more (just in case some one puts in a 60 watt lamp by accident)