Have lots of dimmers here, and the most common failure is the push on/off
switch - part of the pot. And haven't been able to find a source of them.

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Really?
I used to find it was the triac when bulbs blew short.


Sounds like crap switches. , probably some chinese outfits makes the pots
with push switches. Many many many years ago you could find such things at
Tandy, but maybe nobody repairs dimmers these days so nobody actually
sources them any more.
Brian

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Have lots of dimmers here, and the most common failure is the push on/off
switch - part of the pot. And haven't been able to find a source of them.

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In article , Brian Gaff
wrote:
Really? I used to find it was the triac when bulbs blew short.


Sounds like crap switches. , probably some chinese outfits makes the pots
with push switches. Many many many years ago you could find such things
at Tandy, but maybe nobody repairs dimmers these days so nobody actually
sources them any more. Brian

Rapid Electronics seem to have some quite obscure items

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In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Really?
I used to find it was the triac when bulbs blew short.

Nothing like as common as the switch failing here.


Sounds like crap switches. , probably some chinese outfits makes the
pots with push switches. Many many many years ago you could find such
things at Tandy, but maybe nobody repairs dimmers these days so nobody
actually sources them any more.

The type with a rotary switch used to be common in many places like Tandy.
But I've never seen the push on/off type (actually a two way switch) on
sale anywhere - hence the post.

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On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:06:41 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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The type with a rotary switch used to be common in many places like Tandy.
But I've never seen the push on/off type (actually a two way switch) on
sale anywhere - hence the post.

http://www.lorlin.co.uk/PDF/MDSP.pdf

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Peter Parry wrote:
On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:06:41 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:


The type with a rotary switch used to be common in many places like
Tandy. But I've never seen the push on/off type (actually a two way
switch) on sale anywhere - hence the post.

http://www.lorlin.co.uk/PDF/MDSP.pdf

Thanks, Peter. Any idea where I can buy them in small quantities?

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On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:42:32 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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Thanks, Peter. Any idea where I can buy them in small quantities?

Farnell http://uk.farnell.com/search?st=lorlin%20mdsp

On Friday, 18 August 2017 13:12:18 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Really?
I used to find it was the triac when bulbs blew short.

Nothing like as common as the switch failing here.

So why did you go on about how you chnage the triacs in dimmers a few months ago ?

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whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 August 2017 13:12:18 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Really?
I used to find it was the triac when bulbs blew short.

Nothing like as common as the switch failing here.

So why did you go on about how you chnage the triacs in dimmers a few months ago ?

Because they sometimes fail too?

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On Friday, 18 August 2017 16:43:29 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 August 2017 13:12:18 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Really?
I used to find it was the triac when bulbs blew short.

Nothing like as common as the switch failing here.

So why did you go on about how you chnage the triacs in dimmers a few months ago ?

Because they sometimes fail too?

They do but they arenlt replaceable in the vast majority of dimmers, otherwise they;d make nthen as easy to change as switches, but as you posted what they do have on offer is the whole dimmer unit excluding the face plate.
IF triacs were replaceable they'd be selling them.

Dave Plowman wrote:

Have lots of dimmers here, and the most common failure is the push on/off
switch - part of the pot. And haven't been able to find a source of them.

I like the v-pro dimmers, most of the ones I have are in a two position
grid faceplate along with a 2-way switch, but where I wanted one in a
single faceplate a one position grid seemed overkill so I drilled a
blank faceplate and fitted one of these

https://www.wholesaleledlights.co.uk/1-gang-led-dimmer-switch-rear-module.html

On Friday, 18 August 2017 12:13:12 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Plowman wrote:

Have lots of dimmers here, and the most common failure is the push on/off
switch - part of the pot. And haven't been able to find a source of them.

I like the v-pro dimmers, most of the ones I have are in a two position
grid faceplate along with a 2-way switch, but where I wanted one in a
single faceplate a one position grid seemed overkill so I drilled a
blank faceplate and fitted one of these

https://www.wholesaleledlights.co.uk/1-gang-led-dimmer-switch-rear-module.html

I condered one of these when my dimmer stoped working but realised that the depth was too deep so for a quid more I brought a new dimmer with the face plate that I wanted to change anyway.

As I said at the time repairing dimmer down to component level is both not worth it and not very practical anyway.

In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 August 2017 12:13:12 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Plowman wrote:

Have lots of dimmers here, and the most common failure is the push
on/off switch - part of the pot. And haven't been able to find a
source of them.

I like the v-pro dimmers, most of the ones I have are in a two
position grid faceplate along with a 2-way switch, but where I wanted
one in a single faceplate a one position grid seemed overkill so I
drilled a blank faceplate and fitted one of these

https://www.wholesaleledlights.co.uk/1-gang-led-dimmer-switch-rear-module.html

I condered one of these when my dimmer stoped working but realised that
the depth was too deep so for a quid more I brought a new dimmer with
the face plate that I wanted to change anyway.

As I said at the time repairing dimmer down to component level is both
not worth it and not very practical anyway.

In this particular case it is 4 dimmers on a polished chrome 2-gang plate.
Nearly 40 quid from TLC. Of course easy to change an individual dimmer on
that plate for an identical one. Which I've already done, so have several
spares needing new switches only.

It's in the kitchen, so gets switched many times a day every day.

If three had been enough, I'd have used a grid type with three dimmers and
a master switch. ;-)

Did wonder what the warranty was.

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In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In this particular case it is 4 dimmers on a polished chrome 2-gang
plate. Nearly 40 quid from TLC. Of course easy to change an individual
dimmer on that plate for an identical one. Which I've already done, so
have several spares needing new switches only.

Had already decided to get a new one complete. Ordered it yesterday for
collection from my local branch - but didn't get the usual email first
thing today saying it was on its way there. So phoned them up. Man said
they'd got 3 in stock so went to pick one up. But they were satin chrome,
not polished.

Very helpful counter person said they have spare modules for a tenner. So
more expensive per unit than a complete one with plate and knobs. ;-)

Since I couldn't be arsed messing around and going back when the correct
one came in, I bought a three gang and have swapped modules. It has a 15
year warrenty, so I'll make sure to keep the receipt. ;-)

None of the existing modules are original. Loading is modest - 100w, 150w
and 225w with the fourth being merely a switch. All are rated at 400w.
(Metal faceplate and deep steel back box)

Makes me assume no-one ever claims under warranty.

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Dave Plowman wrote:

Loading is modest - 100w, 150w and 225w
with the fourth being merely a switch.

475W of lighting "modest" for a kitchen?

whisky-dave wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:
https://www.wholesaleledlights.co.uk/1-gang-led-dimmer-switch-rear-module.html
I condered one of these when my dimmer stoped working but realised
that the depth was too deep so for a quid more I brought a new dimmer
with the face plate that I wanted to change anyway.

Yes they need a deep box, but let me use a faceplate with the
logicplus/gridplus profile same as all others in the house.