Light switch wiring - help appreciated

John,

Thanks for that. It will be a blanking plate over the original back box, so I'm reassured that I can use chock block. Those Wago terminals do look very neat though.

Graham thanks for that. The LEDs are certainly dimmable. The writing on the switch unit reads:

Derating may be required, read instructions before use. BS EN 60659-2-1

Should I replace it with something different? And if so, what?

What colour is the wire? Brian

If it goes bang then its the other one..grin. Brian

It's brown. You might have read in my other recent replies that the puzzle is now solved, but thanks none the less for your post.

Funnily enough I've used that method in the past.

Not sure any LED can be smoothly dimmed to extinction then up again. Seems to remember that problem in the early days of LEDs in a TV studio. They seem to need a sort of 'strike' voltage. So could be the dimmer makers set the minimum to above this?

TLC will sell them individually if you want (rather than buying a whole box)

Being careful not to fall foul of cables only run vertically or horizontally from a visible accessory. A blank plate counts as an accessory.

John,

That's useful to know, thanks. It's really quite galling to have to buy in (relative) bulk when you only need one or two items.

Yes, I'm familiar with that requirement: a short horizontal run from the existing box fitted with a blanking plate is what's planned. Thanks.

The ones I just fitted in my lounge will dim right down and go back again. But they won't start from cold on the lowest setting. You need the setting up a bit brighter to get them lit.

These:

That may be your first problem - you probably don't have anything like that load from LEDs.

Thanks, John. That sort of explains what I saw.

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So they have. Well, f*ck them, then.

Oh, and they give a link to

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