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Posted on Sep 12, 2011

We have the older style (15 years old) master/slave Leviton Mural dimmer switches in our home controlling 4 different sets of lights. I woke up this morning to find NONE of the them working. All of the masters have power and level lighting and they are separate circuits. How do I reset them? No apparent issues otherwise in the house regarding fixtures, etc.

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YOU NEED TO REEMPLACE THE DIMMER, SOMETIMES SWICHTS GET DUST IT AND CORROSIVE SPECIALLY IF ITS OLD.

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