Shower switch light on - constantly

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DanRo

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• 14 Jun 2009

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Hello All,

I thought I had a nice little job for a sunday morning. Replacing the shower switch for a new one. The old one was old and grubby.

Bought a new 45A one from B&Q.

Similar connections in the back 2L and 2N plus 2 earths, basically the same as the old one.

Connected no problem but when I turned the power on the light is now on regardless of whether the switch is on or off.

The switch does work properly after testing the shower.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks

 

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• 14 Jun 2009

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you've put the live in the load side and the load in the live side..

 

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• 14 Jun 2009

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Sounds like you have your power in and power out connections the wrong way round.

Check your connections again and ensure that the feed goes to in or supply and you cable to the shower goes to out or load.

 

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• 14 Jun 2009

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hey, that's what I said... get your own ideas...

 

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• 14 Jun 2009

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What a silly boy

Thanks

 

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• 14 Jun 2009

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ColJack said:

hey, that's what I said... get your own ideas...

Click to expand...

I'm a slow typer

 

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• 14 Jun 2009

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slow all round i reckon!!

 

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• 14 Jun 2009

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Cant remember the brand may have been MK but the connections to the neon could be changed so it either showed it had a supply(dont know why they bothered with this really) or the conventional config of neon is only on when the switch is in the on position.

 

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• 14 Jun 2009

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Would that be the same as wiring the incomming and out going the other way?

This is possible with all double pole shower pull switches?

 

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• 14 Jun 2009

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No because you change the wiring to the neon not have your switch wired backwards...