They come with load capacities for lights or fan and light combinations. I am replacing one 3 way switch with a dimmer and an older dial dimmer with a new one way pole dimmer.
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2 dimmers in one box. Click 2 dimmers 1 box to continue reading this thread. Dual dimmer switches can control two separate lights or a fan and light combination. Our most popular dimmer switchlinc is 600 watts but when next to another dimmer it must be derated to 400 watts. Upon placing them together i realized they are too wide to fit side by side. Coming from box are 4 black wires of which only 1 is hot 1 red wire and 2 copper grounds. What the derating will be depends on the switch.
After powering down and removing the old switch and dial dimmer i found a red wire and two black wires coming from the house to the left and only two black wires coming from the house on the right side where the dial dimmer was. A dual relay should work as long as you have room for it in the switch box. These require a neutral which isnt a problem. I am replacing my 2 gang switch with dimmer switches. Weirdly some of the most popular dual relay micros seem to be out of stock also almost everywhere including the enerwave and the vision. This is the line connection well need to know more about the 2 load connections the black and white conductors that extend from the outlet box where the dimmers are connected to the two dimmer controlled fixturesplease submit an exact description of the existing connections in the o b.
Trying to install 2 dimmer switches in 1 box. Trying to hook up 3 way dimmers. Look for some scored tabs ears that can be broken off to get them to sit nice with each other. Is there something im totally missing here. Longhorn84 longhorn84 june 16 2014 1150pm 3. Electrical two dimmers for two separate lights in one junction box where theres only white black and red coming out of the wall home improvement stack exchange two dimmers for two separate lights in one junction box where theres only white black and red coming out of the wall.
Feeding the two dimmers is simple just wire nut the dimmers leads to the live black conductor. Am using leviton dimmers which have a black green and 2 red 1 for use in a 3 way. Scottinpollock scott june 16 2014 1116pm 2. If you are using 2 or more dimmers within the same junction box you must derate the wattage capacity of each switch. Lutron electronics makes dual dimmer switches that fit inside a single box. Pete pete june 16 2014 1050pm 1.
A dimmer switch for a fan must conform to power load rating specified by the manufacturer. But those havent been discontinued they should come back in stock eventually. Two dimmer switches in a 2 gang box. Is there anything special about wiring two dimmers in one box. Junction box 1 has 142 with power 142 going to light fixture and 143 black red and white going to junction box 2. Only have one of the switches working and am unsure how to get the other working properly.
Dimmer switch for junction box 1 comes wit read more. Also from this gang would i be able to provide power to another gang for some rope lighting im putting up separate switch of course.
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