HOW TO WIRE AN EXTERNAL SINGLE SOCKET WITH SWITCH.

[333rocky333]

sounds like a 2 way switch and not the one shown in that diagram which is one way.



Live feed goes where you say and then the switch just feeds the socket when on.

other terminal unused

 

[lucselig]

thanks thats it. I won't go up with a bang now.... this is an area where I am weak. I have done external wiring for landscaping and fitted leds and full voltage lights. thats simple. but when it comes to switching I seem to fall apart. I had trouble fixing an extractor fan with a delay on it. same switched set up.
I gave up on the timer by passed it. and just have it conneted via a plug very primitive. unless you can advise that seemed more complicated with 4 wires. I don't have the diagram. but is a standard bathroom extractor with timer 15 to 30 min.

Thanks again.
Regards,
Luc.

 

[333rocky333]

Rather than risk breaaking the switch by dismantling it, use a continuity tester or multimeter if you have one, to confirm the switching actions next time

 

[lucselig]

exactly, I was careful, I know these items snap easily.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

This is all absolute lunacy.

How come none of you can see that this isn't a switched socket, it's an unswitched socket and a 2-way light switch in the same enclosure?

Yes, you could wire it so that the switch is used to control the socket if you wanted to, but that's not what it was meant for, and if that's what's wanted then why not just buy a switched socket in the first place?

I have done external wiring for landscaping and fitted leds and full voltage lights. thats simple.

Is it indeed.

My great worry is that you only think it's simple because you've missed something, given how other things which are simple seem to have you utterly baffled.

Did you seek Building Regulations approval when you did this work? Have you applied for it regarding the installation of this socket?

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but when it comes to switching I seem to fall apart. I had trouble fixing an extractor fan with a delay on it. same switched set up.

I really think that in the interests of your own safety, and that of any unfortunate future occupants of your property that you should accept that you just aren't capable of doing electrical work.

I gave up on the timer by passed it. and just have it conneted via a plug very primitive. unless you can advise that seemed more complicated with 4 wires. I don't have the diagram. but is a standard bathroom extractor with timer 15 to 30 min.

Please don't say that you've used a plug & socket in a bathroom..

 

[CortinaV8]

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STFU

 

[ban-all-sheds]

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=127965&start=60

And the relevance of that is what, exactly?

STFU

No, not unless you can show why everything I said was wrong, why this is a switched socket and not two accessories in the same enclosure, why I'm wrong to be concerned that someone who can't even grasp how a switch works isn't really safe to be doing electrical work, and why the possibility of such a person having installed a socket in a bathroom shouldn't be explored.

 

[CortinaV8]

Because you insist on going on about regulations, notifying, acting the know-it-all, yet seem to have dodged the question in that thread, for whatever reason.

FWIW - After the guys first post you could tell he didn't have any clue how a basic electric circuit works and he probably shouldn't be touching it.

 

[lucselig]

I am not that bad, though I have portrayed myself as totally ignorant. I do understand a basic electrical loop. I just get mixed up with a switched circuit. and crossing neutral etc.
The bathroom fan I installed is in a kitchen. I did not need a dedicated kitchen fan for my needs. the plug is in a totally safe area away from all heat and water.

I have a fused screwdriver and always check if there is any subsidiary current in a wire. even after turning the power of from the house RCD box.

I don't plan on leaving the planet yet. hence the questions. so I get it right even if I sound totally stupid. stupid but alive.

Thanks for everyones interest. I never expected to get so much help on this.

GReat.

L.

 

[bernardgreen]

I have a fused screwdriver and always check if there is any subsidiary current in a wire. even after turning the power of from the house RCD box.

I don't plan on leaving the planet yet. hence the questions. so I get it right even if I sound totally stupid. stupid but alive.

Contradictory statements if by fused screwdriver you mean a screwdriver with a neon lamp that may or may not light up when touching a live wire.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I do understand a basic electrical loop. I just get mixed up with a switched circuit.

Switches are incredibly basic.

and crossing neutral etc.

The bathroom fan I installed is in a kitchen. I did not need a dedicated kitchen fan for my needs. the plug is in a totally safe area away from all heat and water.

Fair enough. Bit daft to have spent the extra on a timed fan though.

I have a fused screwdriver

If you mean a neon screwdriver they are useless - throw it away and buy a multimeter, and/or a proper voltage indicator.

and always check if there is any subsidiary current in a wire.

They indicate voltage, not current.

 

[lucselig]

Ok I am a layman.

Current ,voltage. fuses meters. it's a complex field respect to professionals.

I may learn it enough one day.

L.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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[ban-all-sheds]

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[lucselig]

If the guides are aimed largely at me I really appreciate this. I will benefit from this info for years.

Thanks so much,

L.