The problem is that the existing box in the wall is too shallow to enable me to fix a normal dimmer switch. What type of switches are they.
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Dimmer switch won t fit in box. Yes chase in a deeper. Switch off the power on your consumer unit or fuse box and isolate the electricity on the circuit youll be working on. Heres how to solve that problem and install a new dimmer switch. Im sure you knowledgeable electricians will point me in the right direction. Some dimmers come with a spacer collar that allow you to stick them on a 23mm back box. Jun april 2 2020 809pm 8 thank you eric the reason i ask so i can remove all the tabs on the switch onoff and put it in the middle and the dimmers on either leftright side on a three gang box to minimize the load reduction of removing the tabs on the dimmer switch.
Calledsfirst 7 aug 2007. Mk also do a trunking adaptor that does the same kind of thing i believe. Open up the switch box. A few pence will buy you a frame which sits behind the switch and lifts it off the wall about 6 or 7 mm so any dimmer will fit into a shallow box. I used to chop new boxes in until i found these. They will fit but you have to push the wires as deep as you can.
Youve got no chance. Dlonglegs feb 26 2007 1. On consumer units you can use a lock off device and padlock to ensure nobody will switch the power back on while youre fitting your new dimmer switch. Ask at your local friendly wholesalers to see if they can get you one perhaps even out of the box of another dimmer they stock. Disconnect power to the switch by turning off the circuit breaker at the service panel. Is it possible to buy either a dimmer where the workings are built out from the wall or a spacing piece like a patress box with no back to hold a normal dimmer away from the wall.
You can get 14mm spacers which will space the new dimmer off the wall but you can just fit a switch in a 16mm box i havent seen a dimmer module anywhere near slim enough to fit in anything less than a 25mm box and that can sometimes be tight iggifer 31 jul 2017 3. There are electrical box extenders that you can buy but then the entire box will stick out of the wall a little bit so you need to also get a beveled switch plate to handle the extra rise. I cant be the first to have this problem. Great question it will not hinder the onoff switch max wattage if you remove the heatsink tabs just the dimmer switch. Well demonstrate this procedure on a light controlled by a single switch in a. Be tidy very tidy in the back of the box plan so that wires do not cross behind the switch keep wires away from the plate switch fixing screw area and before the fixing screws are put in make sure the switch plate will sit properly on the plaster without being pushed away by the wires behind.
Switch off the power and isolate the electricity. You will probably have to use longer screws and maybe re thread the lugs in the box. I thought for a second the tabs could be removed but they looked pretty permanent. Yes agreed get pliers and cut the tabs off. Your local home depot should have some of the box extenders for around two dollars each or you can buy them online. Pete pete june 16 2014 1159pm 4 theyre the ge dimmers.
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