2 way and intermediate switching

[schoe]

Hi all just a quick one, can you have 2 dimmers one at each end on a 2 way and intermediate lighting circuit? Or can you only have one dimmer (2 way) an intermediate switch and a standard 2 way switch?


Thanks chris

 

[Moses]

Hi all just a quick one, can you have 2 dimmers one at each end on a 2 way and intermediate lighting circuit? Or can you only have one dimmer (2 way) an intermediate switch and a standard 2 way switch?


Thanks chris

Yes....

 

[Farmelectrics]

Yes what's makes you think you cant

 

[Dave 85]

I've always been under the impression that having 2 2way'd dimmers is a bad idea. Never actually tried it tbh

 

[micknew]

You can only have 1 dimmer switch.

 

[Farmelectrics]

Mick why can you only have one

 

[telectrix]

using normal dimmers, if sw1 is turned down, then sw2 will not bring the light on. this is because in effect you have 2 dimmers in series. however, i believe thasrt there is a particular type of dimmer that will allow you to use 2 dimmers.

 

[AndyL]

Pretty sure you can only have 1. If you have 2 they will be in series, so if one is turned right down the other will be almost useless

 

[Amp David]

Doesn't mean you can't have them though :boxing_smiley:

 

[Guest111]

As far as I remember it you can only have 1 dimmer on a 2 /3 way switching,using standard dimmers. There are ways to do it however in commercial applications but the cables would have to meet at a central panel and the costs would be very expensive,much in the same way that you cannot dim a flourescent light without adding extra gear.

 

[Silly Sausage]

You can do it using Varilight Touch control Master/Slave dimmer switches.

 

[Tonkatoy27]

only one normal dimmer on a 2 way circuit, my ex apprentice nearly chased himself up his own backside last week on a fault because it never occured to him that you couldn't.

 

[Moses]

Pretty sure you can only have 1. If you have 2 they will be in series, so if one is turned right down the other will be almost useless

Quite correct.

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You can only have 1 dimmer switch.

Correct also.

 

[RogertheBodger]

Besides, 1 will do the job - why pay for two?

 

[Knobhead]

Quite correct.

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Correct also.

So why did you answer jus "yes" to the two questions?

 

[Moses]

So why did you answer jus "yes" to the two questions?

was in the mood.

There were two questions in the op

and i said yes to one of them.

 

[Marnik]

Explained


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