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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:19 pm    Post Subject:
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Hi just a quick question about l1 and common. It should be the blue/black flagged switch live that goes to l1 and the brown/red from the loop that goes in common right? just that in my book it shows the brown from loop go into l1 and the switch live go to common :S sorry just wanted to clear it up because its bugging me. cheers
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For a 1-way switch it doesn't matter which way round. All other things being equal the permanent live normally goes into COM, but the switch works the same.
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