Switch and dimmer in one

[MarkSmith]

Hi all,

I'm doing a cellar conversion, and one room will have two lighting zones: ceiling lights and wall lights. Ceiling lights will be energy efficient so need a simple switch, wall lights will be dimmable and I'd like a dimmer. Both switch and dimmer will be in the same place, just inside the door.

Is there a way of making this happen with a single-unit "switch"?

You can get 2-gang switches and 2-gang dimmers, but I haven't been able to find a switch and dimmer in one.

Is it possible to get a 2-gang dimmer and wire the second dimmer not to dim, just to switch? I ask because my parents have one which (undesirably for them) has always worked like this - presses on/off, but turning it does nothing - and that would suit me fine. I suspect it's broken (and always has been) but it would be very handy.

Thanks!
-Mark

 

[electronicsuk]

You want a grid switch with one dimmer module and one switch module. MK, Crabtree and many others manufacture them.

 

[johnnykc]

Get a standard 2 gang dimmer and replace one of the modules with one of these...


http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VLSM.html

 

[MarkSmith]

Thanks both - two good suggestions!

 

[johnnykc]

Thanks Mark..


What I didn't add was that in my humble opinion a 2 gang dimmer with one working only as a switch, looks a lot better than a dimmer/switch 'grid' combo.....