In all my years as a sparky ive never come accross this one but the answer would be no at least not using standard dimmers you can have a two way dimmer whereby you have a dimmer and a two way light switch but not two dimmers. Other types of 3 way dimmer switches include.
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Two dimmers on one circuit. The 3 switches provide alternative. 2011 05 03 162510 2011 05 03 162510. How to make two 3 way dimmer switches work together two dimmers may be installed to control one or more lights as long as the dimmer switches are compatible with each. If you are switching from two locations you also need to use 3 way switches for both the plain switches and dimmers many dimmers are 3 way compatible. Skiddy 9 oct 2005 1. Who took my fluke 9 oct 2005 2.
Any electrician will tell you that this will not work for a regular double switch three way circuit. That is the entire light circuit can accommodate in theory an unlimited no of dimmers. You cant put 2 dimmers on a 2 way light circuit unless you get expensive electronic types by a company like zano. However you can set up specialized two way dimmers using a master and slave switch. Three way switch wiring diagrams can be found using the. Can you tell us a little bit more about the wiring.
7 dec 2004 messages. At an initial ghuess i would say you havent linked the common live but without looking at the wiring this is only a guess. Picture would be nice. Used for 12v and 24v light bulbs using a magnetic low voltage transformer to step down the voltage. The man at bs is confused. The second switch would switch the light on at whatever brightness is set at the dimmer.
Traditionally you cannot dim a light from two different switches as it will cause a conflict in the circuitry. As at tester101 says with conventional dimmers you can only have one dimmer in a circuit if the fixture or set of fixtures is being controlled from more than one location. Yes you can have multiple dimmer switches on one circuit. Who took my fluke. Is it possible to have two dimmer switches on one circuit the dimmer switches are the touch ones if it is possible how do you wire it. You cannot normally fit two dimmers to a 2 way lighting circuityou can fit a dimmer at one end onlyas you get a fluctuation imbalance between two dimmers on one circuit.
Used for 12v and 24v light bulbs using an electronic low voltage transformer to step down the. Can you put 2 dimmers on one 3 way circuit. The key here is that you cannot install standard 3 way dimmer switches. The dimmer must be in series with the light.
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