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dimmer switch with pull string switch
I have changed my normal bedroom light switch to a dimmer switch and the
extra pull string switch (which worked independently of the old switch) doesn't work the same now. I have to turn the pull string switch on before I can use the dimmer switch. Is there something I have done wrong? I have run out of ideas please help Thanx in advance Andy |
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dimmer switch with pull string switch
After serious thinking Andy Saggers wrote :
I have changed my normal bedroom light switch to a dimmer switch and the extra pull string switch (which worked independently of the old switch) doesn't work the same now. I have to turn the pull string switch on before I can use the dimmer switch. Is there something I have done wrong? I have run out of ideas please help Thanx in advance Andy It sounds as if your original switch was probably what is known as a two way switch and your dimmer a one way. Look up how two way switches are wired on the Internet, I believe you can get a dimmer which incorporates a two way style switch unit. -- -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.org |
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dimmer switch with pull string switch
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:21:27 -0000, in uk.d-i-y "Andy Saggers"
strung together this: I have changed my normal bedroom light switch to a dimmer switch and the extra pull string switch (which worked independently of the old switch) doesn't work the same now. I have to turn the pull string switch on before I can use the dimmer switch. Is there something I have done wrong? I have run out of ideas please help Thanx in advance Andy I think you've done something wrong. First obvious one is - have you got a two way dimmer switch, i.e., a push dimmer. If it is then you have got the wiring the wrong way round somewhere. Have a look on here for a bit of a guide for starters. http://tinyurl.com/yuqh8 -- SJW A.C.S. Ltd. |
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