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SetH
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reet have got a pull string light switch for the bathroom to replace a knackered one.

3 wires coming down from the roof, one black, one red and one thin wire wrapped in green/yellow insulation.

the actual light switch unit has 3 connections, L1, L2 and COM. there is also another screw/terminal inside the casing of the actual unit?

So what goes where? help meh obi wan i am a noob
Aaron
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18th Sep 06 at 18:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lick all 3 and see what happens
CorsAsh
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Here you go mate, better than I could explain it:

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/two_way_lighting.htm
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i take it the switch has no instructions?
SetH
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ah looks like the old switch was a one way and this one is a two way. can it be wired up as a one way though?
CorsAsh
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Think so, ignore the common, just put the live and neutral into the bottom two holes.
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Put red in Common, black in L1 and green/yellow in the earth terminal that is in the casing.
SetH
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thanks m8, will give it a go
CorsAsh
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Awaits "Look at my new afro" post from Seth after fucking it up
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no worries, by the way, if you have any brown insulation tape wrap some around the red and black wires.
SetH
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Awaits "Look at my new afro" post from Seth after fucking it up


i have been electrocuted before from household wiring, it was an interesting experience although im fairly sure my heart stopped for about 3-5 seconds.
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Urm maybe we should isolate the light first ??, as this would cause shocks. Go to the MCB's in ur fuse box and flick off all the light in wherever upstairs or downstairs then do it.
CorsAsh
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Not a nice feeling is it?
mav
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I have had shocks from mains voltage...weird feeling few at my work

did you get it wired then?
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I havent had a shock yet , im an electrical apprentice in a factory. Hope i never get one but probs will
CorsAsh
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Before you realise what's happened it's usually all over...
Robin
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5 People a year die from licking a 9v battery to see if its working.

wonder how many die from 240v
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Voltage doesnt kill you Ampage does.

Volts dont mean nothing if there isnt Amps

[Edited on 18-09-2006 by Wrighty_1988]
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I have been electrocuted a fair few times when i was an apprentice
I was drilling a fuse box with a hole saw and tried my best not to push too hard so not to slip and go thru, but I did and hit the busbar.... It hurt!
blown a few side cutters up too which was fun!
and my boss once told me told wire one 3 phase cable into the fuse box but dont turn it on then wire another in but u can turn that one on
he handed me the one I was not to turn on and off I went
finished that one and wired the tother in and turned it on
2 ins later he turns up with an afro
he had only passed me the wrong cable mofo!
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my mate was on site once and got asked to wire up a temp. light in the toilet, he wondered what'd happen if he soaked it all in water first. wired it all up then waited for his boss to go for a piss.

Bang!

He wasnt very popular that afternoon

 
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