Hi, apologies for what may be a dumb question!
I'm planning to upgrade a broken dimmer switch which was rated up to 250w with an LED-compatible one (the Varilight JQP401W), which is apparently only rated up to 120w.
I initially assumed this would be fine as the switch only controls a single light fixture with a single 100w bulb (and presumably the bulb's wattage will be even lower in the future if I'm using an LED one).
However, all the lighting in my house is on the one circuit (i.e. one switch in the fuse box controls all of it), so the total wattage on that circuit is fairly high.
With this in mind, is moving to a dimmer with a lower rating likely to cause problems? Or am I right in thinking that only the wattage of the bulb the switch controls is what matters, regardless of what else is on the circuit?
Any advice is appreciated!
I'm planning to upgrade a broken dimmer switch which was rated up to 250w with an LED-compatible one (the Varilight JQP401W), which is apparently only rated up to 120w.
I initially assumed this would be fine as the switch only controls a single light fixture with a single 100w bulb (and presumably the bulb's wattage will be even lower in the future if I'm using an LED one).
However, all the lighting in my house is on the one circuit (i.e. one switch in the fuse box controls all of it), so the total wattage on that circuit is fairly high.
With this in mind, is moving to a dimmer with a lower rating likely to cause problems? Or am I right in thinking that only the wattage of the bulb the switch controls is what matters, regardless of what else is on the circuit?
Any advice is appreciated!
