Help much appreciated!
I was replacing a double dimmer switch as the dimmer stopped working and was only switching the lights full on and off.
I obviously did it wrong as none of the lights working from the same fuse now work..these are the bedroom lights and the front room lights.
From the wall there are four red wires two of which have had black electritician tape wrapped round them by whoever last changed the lights ..I assumed this was to signify which were the live wires.
Attached to 'C' and one of the 'L1's of the old dimmer was a piece of yellow and green wire, I'm assuming this is an earth wire.
I thought I had connected the new switch correctly but obviously not and am now getting in a pickle what with the bedroom lights not working now either.
The instructions that came with the new dimmer are not clear to me at all so help appreciated.. what should I be connecting to what and as the new dimmer is a plastic one rather than brass do I still need to attach the earth wire? the new dimmer has 2 x L1, 2 x L2 and 2 x C
Could I have blown the main fuse somehow?? or can someone walk me through which wire connects to what?
Many thanks
I was replacing a double dimmer switch as the dimmer stopped working and was only switching the lights full on and off.
I obviously did it wrong as none of the lights working from the same fuse now work..these are the bedroom lights and the front room lights.
From the wall there are four red wires two of which have had black electritician tape wrapped round them by whoever last changed the lights ..I assumed this was to signify which were the live wires.
Attached to 'C' and one of the 'L1's of the old dimmer was a piece of yellow and green wire, I'm assuming this is an earth wire.
I thought I had connected the new switch correctly but obviously not and am now getting in a pickle what with the bedroom lights not working now either.
The instructions that came with the new dimmer are not clear to me at all so help appreciated.. what should I be connecting to what and as the new dimmer is a plastic one rather than brass do I still need to attach the earth wire? the new dimmer has 2 x L1, 2 x L2 and 2 x C
Could I have blown the main fuse somehow?? or can someone walk me through which wire connects to what?
Many thanks