Elecrical Wiring
- Thread starter Layward
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The same way that you wire any 2 gang switch.
Would it be easier if you said what you are trying to do?
Would it be easier if you said what you are trying to do?
He's trying to wire a Timeguard TPSL01 Double Gang Switch.
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sparkyspike
Are you replacing an old one or is it a new installation?
If it's a new installation, what are the two switches for and where is the supply cable coming from?
There are plenty of different ways to wire switches, depending on the situation.
Yes I know, Timeguard provide a handy wiring diagram with their switches. Its here: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/Smiths/SmithsPowerseal.pdf
But I'll modify my post:
To the OP
The same way that you wire any double gang switch.
Are you replacing an old one or is it a new installation?
If it's a new installation, what are the two switches for and where is the supply cable coming from?
There are plenty of different ways to wire switches, depending on the situation.
S
sparkyspike
Can you clarify that you already have an outdoor socket which you are using for the pump and you want to add this switch to the circuit to turn it on and off?
Personally I would do away with the socket AND your new switch and just use a weatherproof switched fused spur. Take a 2.5mm cable from the ring circuit indoors to the switched fused spur. Wire live into Supply Live, neutral into Supply Neutral and earth to the earth terminal. Then take the plug off the pump and wire it into the fused spur: live into Load Live and neutral into Load Neutral. Pop a fuse in to match the rating of the pump (probably 3A).
(If you want to keep your outdoor socket and just add your new switch, then you will first have to fit a fused connection unit onto your ring circuit with a 3A fuse in it. This is because your new switch isn't rated for a 32A ring circuit - it's only 10A. From the 3A spur, run 1.5mm cable to your new switch. Wire the live into L and the neutral into a seperate terminal block inside the switch enclosure. Connect the earth wire into the earth terminal. Then take another 1.5mm cable from the switch to the socket. Wire the live into A1, the neutral into the terminal block with the other neutral, and the earth into the earth terminal. Then connect the other end to the socket. This is obviously more complicated than the solution I gave you first! Mostly because you have to wire a spur into the ring circuit. Plus, it's not a good idea to switch a 13A socket with a 10A switch in case the socket is then used for something else at a later date.)
Don't forget to make sure the ring circuit is protected by an RCD.
Personally I would do away with the socket AND your new switch and just use a weatherproof switched fused spur. Take a 2.5mm cable from the ring circuit indoors to the switched fused spur. Wire live into Supply Live, neutral into Supply Neutral and earth to the earth terminal. Then take the plug off the pump and wire it into the fused spur: live into Load Live and neutral into Load Neutral. Pop a fuse in to match the rating of the pump (probably 3A).
(If you want to keep your outdoor socket and just add your new switch, then you will first have to fit a fused connection unit onto your ring circuit with a 3A fuse in it. This is because your new switch isn't rated for a 32A ring circuit - it's only 10A. From the 3A spur, run 1.5mm cable to your new switch. Wire the live into L and the neutral into a seperate terminal block inside the switch enclosure. Connect the earth wire into the earth terminal. Then take another 1.5mm cable from the switch to the socket. Wire the live into A1, the neutral into the terminal block with the other neutral, and the earth into the earth terminal. Then connect the other end to the socket. This is obviously more complicated than the solution I gave you first! Mostly because you have to wire a spur into the ring circuit. Plus, it's not a good idea to switch a 13A socket with a 10A switch in case the socket is then used for something else at a later date.)
Don't forget to make sure the ring circuit is protected by an RCD.
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