Teak dining table foldaway (lots of pics)

[jimmy_the_builder]

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I'll have to find those Jimmy the Builder dimmer switch threads

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I think those posts are too old now to be easily findable - but what you're after is a Powerfirst dimmer, and I think forumite nicks from Seabridge Marine keeps them as a stock item.

Teak table looks fab btw.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[BrendanS]

This thread?

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=mby&Number=1833512&page=6&fpart=1

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Nice job! Yep, that was the thread.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[BrendanS]

I should do some more internet searching master classes. This one was very easy

jimmy_the_builder dimmer

gave the result instantly /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jfm]

Thanks guys!

Jimmy, did you buy and fit any of those Power First dimmers to the p42? I have a vague recollection that on another thread we figured you need to get to both sides of the lamp circuit, ie the +24 and the 0v? Do you remember if you had to do that when installing these dimmers? there was another thread on this aspect I think

 

[Alistairr]

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Costwise this thing was not cheap. £1300 for the pedestal. £3050 for the 5-part teak top. Allow £300 machining for 8 stainless steel threaded parts sunk into the teak and milling the aluminium channels. Then £600 to have it delivered (with the flybr table) from Plymouth to the boat (in Essex). Then £300 for the 4 chairs, plus a bit for custom sunbrella cushions, So, eek, very little change out of £6000. It does look and feel the biz though...

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£6000 is a lot of money, but to me it looks like money well spent.
I am in the furniture trade and as I said earlier it looks a lovely piece of furniture and I think finishes your aft deck of perfectly.

Lovely.

Well done jfm, you boat's looking great.

Cheers

Al.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Morning jfm

Yep, I had one put into the P42, and yes it did need both sides of the circuit. (My recollection is that Nick_h also added some to his P57 and found that his boat had been prewired with both sides of the circuit present at the switch).

Nick_h also mentioned that the dimmers can and do fail, and when they fail, they fail on. I didn't fit the dimmers to the P42 myself, Landau did it on behalf of Princess - and they put a standard switch in series with the dimmer. This may have been to cater for this potential failure; it also had the benefit of switching off the flashing telltale led on the switch.

One other point - this might have just been an issue on my boat, but the dimmer was located quite close to the tv in the saloon - and when the dimmer was on, and lights dimmed down, there was some slight electrical noise visible on the tv.

Cheers
Jimmy