Touch switch wiring help on 2 way

[pop80_uk]

Hey all,
I recently moved house and took an Crabtree touch switch with me from my old house.

I have come to install it today in my new house and stumbled upon a possible problem.

I want to fit the the switch in our front room which has two switches in the room one on a far wall and one on the entry wall, both controlling one light.

The other side has a dimmer (normal type)

When I took off the switch to be replaced I was presented with three wires, yellow, red and blue

When I looked at the switch I say what you see below

I think that I may need a 2way one gang (struggling to find one) and I think this Crabtree is a 1 way

Any ideas welcome?

Thank you

 

[Taylortwocities]

A lot of those touch dimmers only work with a slave dimmer of the same type at the other end of a 2-way circuit. They dont work with a normal 2-way switch.

Best to bin it (or use it soemwhere else) and buy a standard dimmer.

EDIT The instructions
http://www.free-instruction-manuals.com/pdf/p3428496.pdf
state its for use on one-way circuits.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

And the switch itself has a connection for a slave dimmer and says it can be used in a 2-way circuit if it has one of those.

Best to buy a slave unit for it.

 

[Taylortwocities]

The MIs say it is for use on

one way circuits

and we wouldn't want to contravene the MIs, would we?

 

[pop80_uk]

And the switch itself has a connection for a slave dimmer and says it can be used in a 2-way circuit if it has one of those.

Best to buy a slave unit for it.

Is it specifically called "slave" unit or do they come in a two pack? One master and one slave

 

[Taylortwocities]

It is called a slave dimmer, but IIRC Crabtree have just used another maker's touch dimmer innerds on their style front. It might be Varilight but there's no guarantees.

I do not believe that Crabtree sell a slave version.

as i said earlier

Best to bin it (or use it soemwhere else) and buy a standard dimmer.

 

[RF Lighting]

The gubbins look almost identicle to varilite.

I'm sure one of their slaves would work just fine with that switch.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VLIQS001.html

 

[Taylortwocities]

Me too. But we keep banging the MI manta.

and

The MIs say it is for use on

one way circuits

and we wouldn't want to contravene the MIs, would we?

 

[RF Lighting]

But it says on the back of the switch it is suitable for 2 way use. Maybe they are the wrong MIs?

 

[johnnykc]

The gubbins look almost identicle to varilite.

I'm sure one of their slaves would work just fine with that switch.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VLIQS001.html[/QUOTE]

It is varilight......and one of their slaves would work....

 

[securespark]

Of course it's varilight...It says Doyle and Tratt on the back of it!!!!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The MIs say it is for use on

one way circuits

and we wouldn't want to contravene the MIs, would we?

1) We do not know that the switch the OP has is the same one covered by those instructions.

2) We cannot be certain that that 3rd-party website has scanned all of the pages of the original instructions.

3)

 

[pop80_uk]

Bought these on your recommendations

Just got to wire them in now

 

[riveralt]

Just got to wire them in now

This and the MI's should give you a starter for ten.
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/Systems/TouchRemote.htm

 

[pop80_uk]

Just got to wire them in now

This and the MI's should give you a starter for ten.
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/Systems/TouchRemote.htm[/QUOTE]

Thanks,
Ive got a real problem though and im scratching my head on how to fix it.

Ive wired in both switches, the master works fine but the slave does nothing when you touch it?

Heres the wiring>

Slave:
Yellow wire (assumed slave)
Red wire (assumed live)
Blue wire (summed netural)


Master
Blue and red wire (assumed netural)
Red and red wire (assumed live)
Yellow wire (assumed slave)

Like I say the master works fine, ive checked the slave for loose wires and nothing seems to be loose.

Any ideas? Fault finding?