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Dimmer and not dimmer
We have a double dimmer light switch in the lounge. Each presses to
toggle on and off and rotates to dim. We want to continue to be able to dim one set of lights but replace the others with brighter, cooler running CFLs that are not dimmable. Can we just leave one gang turned fully up for the CFLs? Don't want to cough up for dimmable CFLs. Do light switches with 1 gang dimming and one gang just on and off exist? Any other ideas? I suspect they are probably sealed units that might disintegrate if I try to open one up to disconnect the dimmer bit and solder a short circuit across it. Roll on better LEDs. |
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Invisible Man wrote:
Any other ideas? I suspect they are probably sealed units that might disintegrate if I try to open one up to disconnect the dimmer bit and solder a short circuit across it. Why not have a look? An appropriate link to short circuit the dimmer seems a reasonable way to go. Roll on better LEDs. Amen the that! Tim |
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Invisible Man wrote: Any other ideas? I suspect they are probably sealed units that might disintegrate if I try to open one up to disconnect the dimmer bit and solder a short circuit across it. Not usually sealed. I've removed the 'guts' where I've wanted a matching push on/off switch before. But check if it's a two way type. If so the extra terminal is undimmed. -- *I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Dec 2, 3:54*pm, Invisible Man wrote:
We have a double dimmer light switch in the lounge. Each presses to toggle on and off and rotates to dim. We want to continue to be able to dim one set of lights but replace the others with brighter, cooler running CFLs that are not dimmable. Can we just leave one gang turned fully up for the CFLs? Don't want to cough up for dimmable CFLs. Do light switches with 1 gang dimming and one gang just on and off exist? Any other ideas? I suspect they are probably sealed units that might disintegrate if I try to open one up to disconnect the dimmer bit and solder a short circuit across it. Roll on better LEDs. Shouldnt be too hard to bridge the dimming bit. If any doubts, post a pic for confirmation. NT |
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wibbled on Wednesday 02 December 2009 15:54 Roll on better LEDs. They'll come. There are already excellent but expensive LEDs. Trouble is there is also a lot of utter ****e that maye or may not look OK when you view it in the shop - but drops dead in a few months. When someone figures out how to push the quality stuff and put people off the ****ty ones the costs might come down... -- Tim Watts This space intentionally left blank... |
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On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:54:44 +0000 someone who may be Invisible Man
wrote this:- We want to continue to be able to dim one set of lights but replace the others with brighter, cooler running CFLs that are not dimmable. Can we just leave one gang turned fully up for the CFLs? Probably. Though it depends on the exact construction. Do light switches with 1 gang dimming and one gang just on and off exist? They can be made up with grid components. IIRC MK and Crabtree have dimmers in their grid systems. -- David Hansen, Edinburgh I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000...#pt3-pb3-l1g54 |
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NT writes: On Dec 2, 3:54*pm, Invisible Man wrote: We have a double dimmer light switch in the lounge. Each presses to toggle on and off and rotates to dim. We want to continue to be able to dim one set of lights but replace the others with brighter, cooler running CFLs that are not dimmable. Can we just leave one gang turned fully up for the CFLs? Don't want to cough up for dimmable CFLs. Do light switches with 1 gang dimming and one gang just on and off exist? Any other ideas? I suspect they are probably sealed units that might disintegrate if I try to open one up to disconnect the dimmer bit and solder a short circuit across it. Roll on better LEDs. Shouldnt be too hard to bridge the dimming bit. If any doubts, post a pic for confirmation. Often do it all by themselves, first time the bulb blows ;-) -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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