Varilight V-Pro Eclipse Touch Control Question

[TBQFH]

Hi Everyone,

I have been an avid lurker on these forums for a long time on and off and this is my first post.

I am a builder/property developer and have a reasonable understanding of basic electrics, but we do have an electrician that does the majority of our work.

This is a question that he can't answer so I thought I might ask the fountain of knowledge here.


We are doing a property at the moment and wanted to put Varilight V-Pro Eclipse Touch Control in the kitchen and lounge open plan.

The confusion we have is this:

We want a 4 gang in the kitchen with the following

Master

Kitchen dining down lights
Kitchen cupboard lights
Dining table lights
Lounge main light

In the lounge we want a 3 gang

Slave

Lounge main light
Lounge down lights (not in kitchen on 4 gang)
Kitchen dining down lights

I have read you need to use a master and a slave for 2 way, but what about if there is a light on the slave that isn't on the master (Lounge down lights)?

Is there a way it will work or is it not possible?

I've just thought maybe if we bought another 1 gang master dimmer and hid it somewhere out of the way it would still have a master on the circuit for the third light?

I hope I have explained myself

Thanks in advance

 

[HandySparks]

You definitely need one (and only one) master for each group of lights. Simplest would be a single master and a 2 gang slave in the lounge. If the aesthetics aren't acceptable, then your suggestion of an additional single master looks OK (can you put it somewhere useful?).

 

[TBQFH]

Hi HandySparks,

Many thanks for your reply, I think like you mention, the aesthetics wont be as great with a 1 and a 2 gang next to each other.

If I cant find anywhere to put the single thats useful, I might just lose it in the stud work behind the 3 gang in the lounge and that way if there is any problems it is still accessible from removing the plasterboard back box.