My bathroom light switch cord needs replacing nearly 30 years old, the same cord controls both a fan and a light. have taken the old unit off and noticed the following a red sheat wire was connected to "A2" on my old switch and a black wire to "COM", going to buy a new cord switch can i expect to see the same A2 and COM?? Any help appreciated.
bathroom light switch cord replacing
- Thread starter wisesmile
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holmslaw
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Doesn't matter which way round.
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Provided there are only two wires then it doesn't matter which way they are connected.
( the earth wire being a third wire that should be teminated in the earth terminal )
sorry again the new switch says "1way" "2 way" and "com" so should i put the red into "2 way" previously A2 and black into "com" as before, also there is no earth wire.
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holmslaw
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Yes Black in COM and red into either 1way or 2way.
There should be an earth. but as you say it is 30 years old there may not have been one fitted when the house was wired.
thanks guys all working now, who would have thought electricity could make you so nervous, in respect of the earth wire is it important to have i know it's there for safety but what exactly does it do, is there anything i can do other than get house rewired to protect myself.
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holmslaw
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