I'm sorry... it's too early here

I thought you had the dimmer before the thermostat (in respect to the wall ). Let me kick it around for a minute. I have to go to the dentist in a little while, so I'll ponder it while I'm there

My initial thought is still that two power control devices plugged in together could be problematic, but I could be wrong.

BTW, cool name for your normal I watch A LOT of Pokemon thanks to my 2 & 5 yr olds.