Here is a picture of one without a light so it would appear that the 'top' connector of your switch is the neutral.
Electric heater wiring.
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Do I take it that should read "... it would appear that the 'top' connector is probably the neutral"?
Kind Regards, John
Well, 'probably' or 'it would appear'.
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That would obviously be useful confirmation, although I imagine that it's very probable not much doubt that the blue wire will prove to be neutral. However, even when the neutral wire has been identified, that won't help the OP to know, for certain, which of the switch's terminals it should be connected to. To determine that, he would need to take his continuity meter and determine which of the two terminals were connected to 'the switch' (continuity with switch in one position, but not the other), whereupon I think one could reasonably assume that 'the other terminal' was for the neutral connection.
Kind Regards, John
So why did you not tell us all of that information at the very beginning.
It would have saved so much backwards and forwards guesswork.
Do you think that the contributors here get paid to try and help people like you who only tell a quarter of the story.
You said the SWITCH was MISSING.
If you had even had the thought to state what the make and model of the heater was then we could have missed out all of this b&^*())llcks
Look at this diagram, item 30.
http://www.gdainfo.com/Resource1049...rts Lists/Dimplex_Heating/OR115TLG_SPARES.pdf
This is heater made by Dimplex (sound familiar?)
There are lots of places that sell Dimplex spares.
It would have saved so much backwards and forwards guesswork.
Do you think that the contributors here get paid to try and help people like you who only tell a quarter of the story.
You said the SWITCH was MISSING.
If you had even had the thought to state what the make and model of the heater was then we could have missed out all of this b&^*())llcks
Look at this diagram, item 30.
http://www.gdainfo.com/Resource1049...rts Lists/Dimplex_Heating/OR115TLG_SPARES.pdf
This is heater made by Dimplex (sound familiar?)
There are lots of places that sell Dimplex spares.
NO NO NO
That picture is of an on/off SWITCH with no light indicator
NONE of the terminals are NEUTRAL. One is live and one is switched live. Just like a light switch, remember them?
EFLI knew that, and said so...
He knew that as well. His point was that (assuming it was the same make) the no-light (2 terminal) version had the L and S/L terminals in the positions shown in the picture, this (probably) meant that in the 3-terminal (with light) version, the terminal in a different position from those two would (probably) be the neutral.
Kind Regards, John
It's a single pole switch - I hope neither of the terminals are marked neutral.
Eh? What 'it' are you talking about? AIUI, the OP's old (illuminated) switch has (as expected) 3 terminals (marked '1', '2' and '3'), one presumably neutral, and he wishes to replace it with something identical or near-identical.
Kind Regards, John
Surely you would get a reading through the element from the switch live wire in addition to the neutral
Get many customers, do you?
1) No, Dimplex is not familiar.
2) I was not in possession of the heater when I asked the question, it was at my office. I thought(wrongly)that the wires(colours)were/would be industry standard.
3) Sorry for wasting your valuable time, I'm surprised you find the time and effort to post anything.
4) I like to help posters with advice, where possible, difference is attitude, I don't throw it down their throats if they're not in possession of all the info.
Anyway, thanks for your effort, maybe you'd accept PayPal?
It's not really a cause for being afraid, but I think you're probably otherwise correctNonsense, I'm afraid.
Kind Regards, John
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