An apparatus comprising: a dimmer circuit, an electronic load, a transformer and a switch; said dimmer circuit being coupled to the electronic load and configured to receive an alternating current, AC, signal, wherein voltage is provided from the dimmer circuit to the electronic load via the transformer during turn on of the dimmer circuit; said transformer adapted to supply power to said electronic load during turn on state of said dimmer circuit; said dimmer circuit comprising a phase control circuit configured to turn the dimmer circuit on for a first portion of the AC signal to thereby turn on the electronic load, wherein the dimmer circuit is adapted to turn off during a second portion of the AC signal to turn off the electronic load; characterised in that: said switch is coupled to the phase control circuit, wherein the apparatus further comprises: means for controlling the switch to couple the phase control circuit to ground using a path to ground through the phase control circuit, a primary winding of the transformer and the switch as long as said dimmer circuit is in a turned off state, wherein the phase control circuit further comprises a variable resistor and a capacitor, and wherein: a resistance of the resistor is set such that a charge from the capacitor turns the dimmer circuit on when the AC signal reaches a voltage level, and the AC signal charges the capacitor when the dimmer circuit is off using the path through the switch to ground. a dimmer circuit, an electronic load, a transformer and a switch; said dimmer circuit being coupled to the electronic load and configured to receive an alternating current, AC, signal, wherein voltage is provided from the dimmer circuit to the electronic load via the transformer during turn on of the dimmer circuit; said transformer adapted to supply power to said electronic load during turn on state of said dimmer circuit; said dimmer circuit comprising a phase control circuit configured to turn the dimmer circuit on for a first portion of the AC signal to thereby turn on the electronic load, wherein the dimmer circuit is adapted to turn off during a second portion of the AC signal to turn off the electronic load; characterised in that: said switch is coupled to the phase control circuit, wherein the apparatus further comprises: means for controlling the switch to couple the phase control circuit to ground using a path to ground through the phase control circuit, a primary winding of the transformer and the switch as long as said dimmer circuit is in a turned off state, wherein the phase control circuit further comprises a variable resistor and a capacitor, and wherein: a resistance of the resistor is set such that a charge from the capacitor turns the dimmer circuit on when the AC signal reaches a voltage level, and the AC signal charges the capacitor when the dimmer circuit is off using the path through the switch to ground. said switch is coupled to the phase control circuit, wherein the apparatus further comprises: means for controlling the switch to couple the phase control circuit to ground using a path to ground through the phase control circuit, a primary winding of the transformer and the switch as long as said dimmer circuit is in a turned off state, wherein the phase control circuit further comprises a variable resistor and a capacitor, and wherein: a resistance of the resistor is set such that a charge from the capacitor turns the dimmer circuit on when the AC signal reaches a voltage level, and the AC signal charges the capacitor when the dimmer circuit is off using the path through the switch to ground. means for controlling the switch to couple the phase control circuit to ground using a path to ground through the phase control circuit, a primary winding of the transformer and the switch as long as said dimmer circuit is in a turned off state, wherein the phase control circuit further comprises a variable resistor and a capacitor, and wherein: a resistance of the resistor is set such that a charge from the capacitor turns the dimmer circuit on when the AC signal reaches a voltage level, and the AC signal charges the capacitor when the dimmer circuit is off using the path through the switch to ground. a resistance of the resistor is set such that a charge from the capacitor turns the dimmer circuit on when the AC signal reaches a voltage level, and the AC signal charges the capacitor when the dimmer circuit is off using the path through the switch to ground.