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lmao i never even thought

yellow to yellow,red to red,and blue to f**k

G Go and play with the gas.  

Right here goes. Once you have taken the dimmer switch off, look what wires are there. I'm guessing but there could be a cable with a Red, Yellow and a Blue wire in it. Or the same wires and another cable with either a Red and Black (Marked with a Red marker or not) or a Red and Red.

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Am here Ossie.... :laugh:

Got to switch off all the power and its fecking up the laptop. I have dimmer of the wall and theres a red, white and blue set of wires(quite annoying) and an earth. Next?

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Am here Ossie.... :laugh:

Got to switch off all the power and its fecking up the laptop. I have dimmer of the wall and theres a red, white and blue set of wires(quite annoying) and an earth. Next?

 

Feck me that is old wiring, i'm 46 and White was used before i started.

 

Right then. If you can, turn the lighting circuit on on it's own. Leave the rest of the fuses out of the fuseboard. Now the tricky bit.

Undo the Red and touch it onto either the White or Blue terminal of the dimmer. The light should come on, if not go and switch the other switch on, then try again. If still nothing, get the whole house re-wired LOL. (Joke) If that doesn't work then i afraid you'll need someone to have a look your end.

 

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Am here Ossie.... :laugh:

Got to switch off all the power and its fecking up the laptop. I have dimmer of the wall and theres a red, white and blue set of wires(quite annoying) and an earth. Next?

 

Feck me that is old wiring, i'm 46 and White was used before i started.

 

Right then. If you can, turn the lighting circuit on on it's own. Leave the rest of the fuses out of the fuseboard. Now the tricky bit.

Undo the Red and touch it onto either the White or Blue terminal of the dimmer. The light should come on, if not go and switch the other switch on, then try again. If still nothing, get the whole house re-wired LOL. (Joke) If that doesn't work then i afraid you'll need someone to have a look your end.

 

Arch.

I recently got a new fuse box so they are marked lights and sockets. So will i switch off all the socket ones and leave the lights on only?.....Then i can try what you said, correct?

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Am here Ossie.... :laugh:

Got to switch off all the power and its fecking up the laptop. I have dimmer of the wall and theres a red, white and blue set of wires(quite annoying) and an earth. Next?

 

Feck me that is old wiring, i'm 46 and White was used before i started.

 

Right then. If you can, turn the lighting circuit on on it's own. Leave the rest of the fuses out of the fuseboard. Now the tricky bit.

Undo the Red and touch it onto either the White or Blue terminal of the dimmer. The light should come on, if not go and switch the other switch on, then try again. If still nothing, get the whole house re-wired LOL. (Joke) If that doesn't work then i afraid you'll need someone to have a look your end.

 

Arch.

I recently got a new fuse box so they are marked lights and sockets. So will i switch off all the socket ones and leave the lights on only?.....Then i can try what you said, correct?

 

 

Yes.

 

 

Feck me don't hurt yourself cos it's all on here that i told you to do it........

:laugh: :laugh:

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Am here Ossie.... :laugh:

Got to switch off all the power and its fecking up the laptop. I have dimmer of the wall and theres a red, white and blue set of wires(quite annoying) and an earth. Next?

 

Feck me that is old wiring, i'm 46 and White was used before i started.

 

Right then. If you can, turn the lighting circuit on on it's own. Leave the rest of the fuses out of the fuseboard. Now the tricky bit.

Undo the Red and touch it onto either the White or Blue terminal of the dimmer. The light should come on, if not go and switch the other switch on, then try again. If still nothing, get the whole house re-wired LOL. (Joke) If that doesn't work then i afraid you'll need someone to have a look your end.

 

Arch.

I recently got a new fuse box so they are marked lights and sockets. So will i switch off all the socket ones and leave the lights on only?.....Then i can try what you said, correct?

 

 

Yes.

 

 

Feck me don't hurt yourself cos it's all on here that i told you to do it........

:laugh: :laugh:

Well thats just filled me full of f*****g confidence that mate, cheers. FFS dont take up a job as a bunjee jump instructor eh...... :D

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Right i touched it on to the white wire and i wont lie 2 things happened. 1 the light came on 2 i f*****g shat myself............... :yes:

So the problem is the dimmer bit is f****d i take it?

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Dont go Arch.......av done it and its worked. WTF do i do know?

 

 

Put it all back together and get a new dimmer, then change it like for like. Or if you can't wait, put the Red into the White Terminal and just use the other switch untill you've got the new dimmer.

 

Turn the juice off to do that though.

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