MR16s

Dimmer?

In article , The Medway Handyman writes

Give her a quote but tell her your calendar is full for 2014 :-?

Or maybe some nasty lurgy that makes his eyes very sensitive. Brian

On 01 Feb 2014, The Medway Handyman grunted:

I had some 14W MR16 halogens; Not sure where I got them: I think Wickes or B@Q?

Interestingly enough, as regards your thought of using LEDs... as per another recent thread I've just changed from MR16 halogens to LEDs in the bathroom, and SWMBO kicked off about the new 4W items from LEDhut being too bright! I rooted around a bit and found some 2.8W ones from SimplyLED, which I fitted instead, and they are just dim enough. I expect dimmer ones are around somewhere, but my criteria included a reputable supplier and a wide angle of illumination.

Does seem barmy that we've been waiting all this time for the LED lighting market to kick off (the problem hitherto being that they've been too dim/expensive) and now they're here proper, the lamps are too bright!

Job done. Already painted.

Hmmm! I had thought of that, but it's 2 way switching & the downstairs switch is a 3 gang - 1 x O/S light, 1 x hall, 1 x Stairs.

Upstairs is a 1 gang switch.

AIUI you can only have 1 x dimmer on a 2 way circuit. If I placed it upstairs, would it work when the downstairs switch was used?

You can get master/slave dimmers, generally the "touch" variety, e.g.

But you're likely to need to split your existing 3 gang switch, into a one gang for the outdoor light, and a two gang master plus two gang slave for the hall and stairs lights - both of which would be dimmable.

Thanks Andy. More work than I wanted to do :-)

On 02 Feb 2014, Lobster grunted:

FWIW, funnily enough I just came across the packaging in a cupboard, there was still one unused lamp left inside. DIALL labelling (a Kingfisher own- brand - definitely came from B&Q. About a year ago?)