not so bright in the bathroom

[dimanddimmeranddimmer]

I have a new bathroom installation and the lights are nice and bright for most times of day, but not for winter mornings and the middle of the night when I only want low level lighting.
Does anyone have any suggestions for how to achieve two levels of lighting in that bathroom?
I have seen the dimpull switch, but this makes you put the lights on at full power before you can dim, and by that time my night vision is completely shot!
Thanks

 

[ban-all-sheds]

1) multiple switching circuits, so that you can turn some lights on and not others.

2) add wall lights on their own switch

3) ordinary dimmer switch outside the room, or inside if it's big enough.

 

[plugwash]

how about two pull cords one of which is wired in series with a hidden dimmer (in the roof space)?

another possibility:
[code:1]
L--.----------------one way switch
| |
two way switch--lamp group 2---|
| |
| |
N----lamp group 1--------------'
[/code:1]

this allows you to have all lights full brightness half the lights full brightness or all the lights at 1/4 brightness

how it works is left as an excercise for the reader

 

[dimanddimmeranddimmer]

Thanks for the ideas. I think I will investigate the second pull cord idea as that means I don't have to mess with the tiles to put extra lights up and I can also adjust how bright the dim setting is.

R

 

[pna]

You could swap the current bulbs for low energy ones - these start out dim and slowly get brighter over a minute or so. The ones that look like normal lightbulbs seem to start dimmest.

 

[dimanddimmeranddimmer]

Thanks but they are low voltage halogen reflectors so can't be swapped for energy saving types