LOFT DIMMERS

[GROVEHOMER]

CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP?, I'M HAVING REAL PROBLEMS SOURCING A LOFT DIMMER, ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. :

[stew 75]

hi grovehomer.do you have D i y STORE CALLED FOCUS near you thay stock them in the edinburgh store cheers stew

[birdman55678]

Almost every hardware store will carry them this time of year, go to them christmas tree lighting section and ask for a christmas tree light timer.  good luck.  Ed

[paul k]

try a company called the birdroom, page 120 BHW Nov 24th.

 

telephone number 01477 549009

 

fitted one at the weekend work a treat.

[superstar]

Try contacting these people, Sinderins

Sheiron House, Memus Forfar, Angus DD8 3TY. You can get a model that switches between fluorescent tubes which cant be dimmed but are cheap to run for long periods to ordinary light bulbs for the dimming down bit. I have one from years ago when I used to keep Budgerigars and found it to be an excelent item.

[GROVEHOMER]

Thanks everyone,

            You've given me plenty to work with. I've used an ordinary household dimmer switch in the past, trouble was,  the light was a bit too bright at its min setting and the birds sometimes wouldn't settle (even though I dimmed  down over approx one hour) Ideally I'd like one that I can press a button when I leave the loft and thats me finished for the evening while the light level goes down very steadily to nothing....I don't want any nest box fights while I'm watching the footie blissfully unaware that the babies off my best birds are being mullered.  :'(

[Chatrace]

Just put main lights on a timer and have a small nightlight pluged in on another circet that will stay on when the rest go out. I try to locate it near the water so they can get a drink 24x7 when they are having YBs