LED Dimmer, for 16mm back box

[ChilliBob]

Guys,
Does anyone know of a dimmer switch which:

*Will fit a 16mm box
*Is LED compatible

I've had look and most either don't say, or say 25mm...but I'm convinced there is one out there!!

Thanks

 

[ILikeDIYS]

Get a deeper back box? I had to do this 3 times in my house to fit dimmers and it's not that hard. Alternative is surface mounted pattress boxes which are ugly.

 

[Iggifer]

You've got no chance. You can get 14mm spacers which will space the new dimmer off the wall but you can just fit a switch in a 16mm box, I haven't seen a dimmer module anywhere near slim enough to fit in anything less than a 25mm box - and that can sometimes be tight

 

[ChilliBob]

Based on the walls in my house, that would seem quite a chore, the last time I had to do that it took about half a day with a coal chisel, followed by some filling... Plus everything else in the room is decorated!

The varilight confuses me, they say 25mm min, but this review: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0...dge+dimmer&dpPl=1&dpID=21fAMv4pIkL&ref=plSrch

Suggests 16mmm is possible. Job done! Or perhaps not..

 

[Iggifer]

http://www.websparky.co.uk/acatalog...0w-Trailing-Edge-Dimmer-White-VARJQP401W.html

Have a look at the second picture on that page, I'd say that is one the larger side for dimmer modules

 

[ILikeDIYS]

One of the 3 I did was in a tiled kitchen wall - took under an hour without damaging the tiles at all.

All you gotta do is drill loads of holes to the required depth (if it's a brick/block wall) then chisel what's left.

Making sure you don't damage the switch lines of course.

 

[ChilliBob]

Hmm, that's similar to what I I'd before, but the results were a bit hit and miss! Plus, if someone else sees me doing this in the nearly done nursery, the baby might come sooner than we're banking on!

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Guys,
Does anyone know of a dimmer switch which:
*Will fit a 16mm box.

I doubt one exists, never come across one. So alternatives are:
*use a spacers
*sink a deeper box, I tend to put 35mm in.
*don't fit a dimmer

 

[ChilliBob]

Think I'm rolling with the fit a Spacer option. 10mm, quite cheap and quick. If it looks cack then the other options come into play.

Thinking varilight v-pro.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Thinking varilight v-pro

 

[ChilliBob]

Well that's good, I bagged one plus Spacer on eBay about a hour ago! (from a varlight gold supplier, not some random geezer)

 

[ChilliBob]

Just to say, the varlight worked a treat, would look better without the spacer but I knew that, does the job just fine!