Double Dimmer Wire Diagram

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Double dimmer wire diagram. Wiring a double split switched outlet. How to fit a dimmer switch. Simple and easy to understand video on how to safely wire a dimmer switch. Understand how to safely wire in a dimmer switch and find out about the regulations that cover this sort of project.

Turn on the light and have a helper watch as you switch off the circuit breakers or unscrew the fuses one at a time until the light goes out. A rheostat or dimmer makes it possible to vary the current flowing to a light fixture thereby varying the intensity of the light. A dimmer switch has a special resistor that allows a varying amount of current through in order to provide a variable wattage to the output. I want to replace this with a double dimmer but am having problems.

Expert electrical diy tips from videojug and aspect maintenance. Double switches sometimes called double pole allow you to separately control the power being sent to multiple places. Advice and wiring instructions for fitting or installing a dimmer light switch. The dimmer switch will have stranded wires that must be sliced to the solid cable wiring in a pigtail fashion.

How to wire a double switch. There are three wires currently to the double switch excluding the earth to the backplate red yellow blue currently they are wired like this and work. If you are replacing a three way switch one wire will be connected to a screw that is colored differently or labeled common note that this is different from the wire connected to the green screw which is the ground wire. It is called a dimmer switch because it is often used in lighting.

In this circuit a split. Wiring dimmer switches how to fit a dimmer switch. Tag the common wire with a piece of electrical tape to identify it when wiring the new dimmer. L1 empty l2yellow cblue csmall piece of red wire to here and l2 l1empty l2 red.

Double pole refers to a circuit that uses two 120 volt poles to create one 240 volt circuit. Lutrons new facility management tool empowers you to manage your building from anywhere. To begin turn off the power and double check for hot wires in the box.