Dimmable socket / Risk and safety

Hello,

we have had switchable sockets installed in every common room in the house via switches (partly combined with ceiling lights). I would now like to replace individual switches with dimmers. This would potentially lead to the sockets being dimmed as well. I would visibly mark these sockets for that purpose.

Now there is the risk that high-power devices could be connected to these sockets in case (e.g. mother-in-law visiting wants to iron).

Has anyone done something similar and specially protected these sockets?

Regards Andreas

The approach is completely stupid...something like that is done with the help of a BUS system..

Hello,

; There are supposedly people who still install the old-fashioned way, so perhaps one should refrain from such comments ;-)

: I would protect such a circuit with a fuse that matches the capacity of the dimmer. That way, nothing should happen to it. There are also colored inserts so that it can be clearly shown that this is not a 'normal' socket. That is certainly the best approach. Most 'outsiders' will then come by themselves and ask why the socket is 'red'.

There are mothers-in-law who come to visit to do the ironing? Oh, if only I had known that before.

If you really want to go through with it, I have also read about installing a foreign socket (e.g., UK) on the respective outlets. Then the appropriate plug is attached to the respective floor lamp.

This way, the risk of accidentally connecting the vacuum cleaner or similar by mistake is eliminated.

€: But if you put in the effort, you can also just feed the cable through a blanking cover with a hole and clamp it inside the outlet.

Well, the mother-in-law probably won't be ironing, I just thought the iron was a good example because it has a nice power rating. Special LED dimmers unfortunately often only have a low power rating, max. 100/400w, so one of those would quickly burn out with a vacuum cleaner. Ok, the idea with the foreign plug is quite nice. I already have a colored socket here but maybe it will be replaced again. If I wire directly, I have to think about proper strain relief with small children in the house. I deliberately decided against a bus system; honestly, I don't see any advantage compared to normal wiring in a single-family house. But I have made roller shutters smart and installed many motion detectors. How do you solve the problem with dimmable sockets with a bus system? The problem is exactly the same, no matter how I operate the dimmer via bus or manually?