electricalhome-automationlight-fixturelighting
This is a very similar question to one I asked yesterday, which Ryan Walkowski kindly helped out with.
This time, I'm looking for a some assistance in fitting a a single electric dimmer unit.
I am trying to replace my existing light switch with a LightWaveRF dimmer but am also have an extractor fan which powers on which this switch is on.
I took a guess but is anybody able to confirm the correct wiring (I'm in the UK) for such a setup?
Here are the old and new switches:
I have included two images. The first identifies the wires in your current switch and the second image identifies where to put said wires.
In case your wondering the "S" terminals are for slave units
As mentioned in the linked questions (see the above comments) switches that are designed to only work with incandescent bulbs frequently send a low voltage through the bulb when the switch is in the off position. This is to power some component in the switch, like a night light, a motion sensor, or the receiver for a remote control. With newer energy saving bulbs like CFL's and LED's, this low voltage will cause the light to flicker, while it would have gone unnoticed with an incandescent.
The solution is to get a switch that's designed to work with energy efficient bulbs. This switch is either a standard manual switch, or it can have a dedicated neutral connection to send power over for the switch's components. To wire a switch with a dedicated neutral, either the power source needs to go through the switch's junction box, so you can pigtail off the neutral, or if the power source comes from the light fixture, you need a 3 wire connection from the fixture to the switch (hot, switched, neutral).
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Technically that is the wrong switch for what its doing. That switch is designed to isolate both the incoming live and neutral. However i can see it has been jerry rigged per se as the incoming live and neutral at the top has been bridged to serve another purpose. You are going to have an issue with it. Are you able to indicate which of those cables goes where?