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Posted by shebaaa on December 15, 2006, 4:43 pm
Godof7s@yahoo.com wrote:
> Absolute nonsense.
>
> It's a simple repair.
>
>
> shebaaa wrote:
>> atticus wrote:
>>> Can someone help please. I need to replace a hallway socket which is a
>>> 2-way switch.
>>>
>>> The switch has connections Common, L1, L2
>>> I have wires coloured:
>>>
>>> Light brown
>>> Black
>>> Blue (with brown sleeve)
>>> Dark brown
>>> Grey
>>>
>>> Which wires go in which connectors?
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>>
>> Call a Professional;-)
>
It was a joke based on the recent thread about calling Professionals.
Didn't you see the ";-)"?
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Posted by mm on December 16, 2006, 3:05 pm
>Can someone help please. I need to replace a hallway socket which is a
>2-way switch.
>
>The switch has connections Common, L1, L2
In the US that is called a 3-way, even though it only goes 2 ways.
I hope it's the same in England. We don't need another "billion"
fiasco.
>I have wires coloured:
>
>Light brown
>Black
>Blue (with brown sleeve)
>Dark brown
>Grey
>
>Which wires go in which connectors?
What I would do is look at the old switch and look at the new switch
and decide which connectors correspond. There is usually one
connector on one side, and two on the other, for some definition of
"side". They might be embossed (or whatever the opposite is) in the
plastic.
Between the two that are on one side, it doesn't matter which is
which, unless you want both switches to be up when it the light is on
(or off), or one to be up and the other to be down. If you don't get
it the way you want, you have to interchange these two wires.
If you mix up the single wire with one of the two wires, I don't think
anything bad can happen. When I bought my house, one hall switch was
like that, so I could only turn the light off if it was already on via
the other switch. I couldn't turn it on if it was off at the other
switch. I had to draw a diagram to figure out which wires were
reversed, and after that, I reversed the wires.
I'm pretty sure the worst you can do is have the switch not work quite
right. If anyone believes you can blow a fuse, let us know.
>Many thanks.
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Posted by Mark Lloyd on December 16, 2006, 7:36 pm
> After the last one had me going, I can't wait to see how this one
> transpires..
> Searcher
>
The last one In retrospect dumping the salt OUT OF the bags into wheel
barrow ( clean) spreading around the pool with shovel might of been a better
idea, to bad I didn't think of that.
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Posted by Don Fearn on December 16, 2006, 8:21 pm
> After the last one had me going, I can't wait to see how this one
> transpires..
> Searcher
>
The last one In retrospect dumping the salt OUT OF the bags into wheel
barrow ( clean) spreading around the pool with shovel might of been a better
idea, to bad I didn't think of that.
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Posted by Mark Lloyd on December 16, 2006, 11:07 pm
wrote:
>
>
>>I heard it's called "3 way" because the circuit has wiring going to 3
>>locations, the 2 switches and to the light. There's also a "4 way"
>>switch used when controlling a light from 3 locations.
>
>Not quite. It's called a "3 way" because there are three terminals on
>the switch. The "4 way" switch, which has four terminals, can be added
>to as many more locations as you want to control the light from.
Yes. That includes 3. It isn't possible to say EVERYTHING in a short
post.
> I'd
>draw an ascii-art diagram, but I'm sure there are many better diagrams
>out on the web (YCGI).
>
I know how they're connected. A 4-way switch is effectively a DPDT
switch with the opposite terminals internally connected. This
arrangement reverses the connections between 2 wires.
BTW, the first time I say such a switch it was being used to reverse
the direction of a small DC motor. I learned something from the toy
lunar rover I got for my 11th birthday.
>-Don
--
9 days until the winter solstice celebration
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"How could you ask be to believe in God when there's
absolutely no evidence that I can see?" -- Jodie Foster
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