[Hudson River Steve]

Anybody know where I can buy a replacement dimmer switch for my Z280? I know it was made by Carlingswitch but cannot find any place to purchase a replacement.

[mikeyt]

Dont know what to tell you here Steve. When i did a site search on the dimmer switch i see a few other members with the same problem but no solutions. Perhaps you could contact Carling Technologies & ask them if they have something similar? They might require the part number off the existing dimmer though.

[ShabahZ280]

Do you need to just replace the switch or the actual dimmer module? They're two different parts, if I remember correctly. The module is something like this:

Digital Dimmers - Blue Sea Systems

[Hudson River Steve]

My dimmer is a single module, made of a printed circuit board attached to the back of a standard Carling Contura IV switch, see attached picture.

I have looked on the Carling website and they make a dimmer but it is an L series switch rather than a Contura IV and I do not think it will fit in my dash, not to mention that I cannot find any 12V versions of this LD series dimmer anywhere.

http://www.carlingtech.com/pdf/CarlingCTRL_LD.pdf

Perhaps Chris has the right idea, use the present Carling Contura IV switch, remove the printed circuit board and have it as an input to a separate dimmer module such as the the Blue Sea System.

Thanks for confirming that I wasn't missing something simple.

Steve