Lighting

[sunil123desai]

I replaced a dimmer switch for my living room light, this was working fine until a few hours later and the light went out. I have replaced the switch again but no luck. I have checked the fuse and the bulbs but again now luck. Any other ideas on what the problem could be and how I get my light working?

Any help is really appreciated.

Thanks

 

[ricicle]

Was there a normal switch on there before and have you tried it with this back in place ?

 

[sunil123desai]

It was a dimmer switch before and the dimmer was broken and so have not tried again with this switch.

 

[ricicle]

If there is an intermittent fault on the light which caused the last dimmer to fail then you might just have fried the new dimmer !

 

[sunil123desai]

The old dimmer switch did not work because the dimmer would just turn and turn and not click in place. The new dimmer switch worked, if only tempory and I have now installed a 2nd new dimmer switch but no joy.

 

[Chri5]

How many lights (in total watts) does the dimmer control.

Dimmers vary in standard and ability, depending on the load.

Might you have used a 200w dimmer on a set of lights with more than 200w load ?

 

[sunil123desai]

The dimmer controlled a light with 4 bulbs, 3 were 20w and 1 is 50w. The original dimmer switch was 250w, the first new one was 400w and the second new one is 250w. So I do not think this is the issue.

 

[dingbat]

The dimmer controlled a light with 4 bulbs, 3 were 20w and 1 is 50w. The original dimmer switch was 250w, the first new one was 400w and the second new one is 250w. So I do not think this is the issue.

Nevertheless, if you temporarily replace this switch with an ordinary o-n-o-f-f switch you will be better able to make this statement with confidence.

 

[pjcomp]

It's always a headache trying to problem solve a light with a dimmer switch. I always put in an on-off switch to test everything first, and when I'm happy that's working properly add in the dimmer.

PJ

 

[dingbat]

It's always a headache trying to problem solve a light with a dimmer switch. I always put in an on-off switch to test everything first, and when I'm happy that's working properly add in the dimmer.

PJ

Is there an echo in here?

 

[ricicle]

It's always a headache trying to problem solve a light with a dimmer switch. I always put in an on-off switch to test everything first, and when I'm happy that's working properly add in the dimmer.

PJ

Is there an echo in here?

Double echo

 

[Steve]

The dimmer controlled a light with 4 bulbs, 3 were 20w and 1 is 50w..

This may be the issue.

What voltage are the lamps? If the 50w lamp is meant to be a 20w like the other 3, the transformer may be overloaded in the fitting itself. This may not have manifested itself as a problem until you started chopping the phase with a dimmer.

 

[dingbat]

It's always a headache trying to problem solve a light with a dimmer switch. I always put in an on-off switch to test everything first, and when I'm happy that's working properly add in the dimmer.

PJ

Is there an echo in here?

Double echo

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I was backing up your original reply, riceman!