countryboy
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ive put a dimmer switch on . its lights but wont turn off. ive 3 red wires the box has L1 L2 AND C Im lost at what ive did wrong any help would be great x
ive put a dimmer switch on . its lights but wont turn off. ive 3 red wires the box has L1 L2 AND C Im lost at what ive did wrong any help would be great x
View attachment 87457 There are 3 red wires on there mate even though you can only really see 2 xx
there never was 2 switches m8 it was a single dimmer in the livingroom but the wires must be loop to the hall and the front door lightIf those three blacks were already in that connector you need two switches. You have an incoming live and two outgoing. One live to outside light one to other light. You had a two-gang switch before? Two switches together?
As per your post #3 , a dimmer switch would never feed three different lights, your missing something important m8,there never was 2 switches m8 it was a single dimmer in the livingroom but the wires must be loop to the hall and the front door light
there never was 2 switches m8 it was a single dimmer in the livingroom but the wires must be loop to the hall and the front door light
ive put a dimmer switch on . its lights but wont turn off. ive 3 red wires the box has L1 L2 AND C Im lost at what ive did wrong any help would be great x
Here,s my take on your wiring.
You have three Red Lives, 2 of these are for your dimmer ie FEED in and VARIABLE out and the third is there as a LIVE strapper to another light somewhere in the house and as no bearing on the dimmer.
So it should be relatively easy to re-wire it as only 2 wires are needed for the dimmer, find these 2 then add the 3 red to the permanent incoming live side of the dimmer switch.
Essef
Ps the 2 black wires are presumably Negatives (your switch back box is being used as a junction) if not these need sleeving RED
Pps Easiest method to ascertain whats what is to insulate yourself and use shielded tools then momentarily connect one red to the next via the switches strap screws until you find which wire does what. !!! (WITH CAUTION)
Right. Power off, remove two connected reds and seperate. Power on and use a meter across red and blacks to establish which is live. Power off. Connect live to common (C). Remove red from L1/L2 and connect to common. The red left over goes in L1. Power on.
Obviously use great care and let us know result but it looks like it's loop-in/loop-out terminated in the wallbox.
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