You're welcome - but don't forget that, even though things are now working as you would wish, we still don't really have 'an answer'/explanation, although you know what my suspicions are.
Kind Regards, John
Light switch reversed after transformer blew in the ceiling
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Kind Regards, John
I think the MAKE of the switch would help,
Assuming the switch is the right way up, same as before we could determing whether L1 or L2 is actually used for one way switching.
John, i beleived and didnt check when you said its a proper transformer, though I was suspicious of the 105VA rating which is rare for a wire wound
Assuming the switch is the right way up, same as before we could determing whether L1 or L2 is actually used for one way switching.
John, i beleived and didnt check when you said its a proper transformer, though I was suspicious of the 105VA rating which is rare for a wire wound
I suppose so, but do you seriously think it's possible that the functionality of the switch has somehow reversed, co-incidentally at the same time as the transformer was changed? If, as is likely, it's a rocker switch, there is also a difference of opinion/desire between people as to which positions should be on and off - 'up' and 'down' were so easy to define with toggles/dollies/'levers'!
Yes, sorry about that
Since the OP just included the model number (not a link) in his post, I had to type it into Google - but goodness knows what I found (it was certainly a wire-wound transformer), since it clearly was not the right one - I obviously didn't look carefully enough! However, now we're pretty sure that only one pair of wires (those going to the lamp) are connected to its output, I really don't think the nature of the device makes any difference.Kind Regards, John
I did work in a house where all the switches were reversed, the owner said a foreign electrician done it and said that was the correct way.
The first thing i do when fault finding is to switch them all off but in this case i actually turned them all on, not realising.
As the original post was regarding the reversal of the switch and the OP seems convinced it aint changed im baffled, but as you agree the switch needs eliminating, which the op seems reluctant to do
The first thing i do when fault finding is to switch them all off but in this case i actually turned them all on, not realising.
As the original post was regarding the reversal of the switch and the OP seems convinced it aint changed im baffled, but as you agree the switch needs eliminating, which the op seems reluctant to do
It was quite late in life that I discovered that not all people think the same way as me as to which should be 'on' and which should be 'off' with a rocker switch! If you want to switch a rocker switch 'off', do you expect to press the top half or bottom half of the rocker?
I don't think that the OP was particularly reluctant - I think he was put off my someone suggesting that it represented an inappropriate 'suck it and see' approach.
If you've read some of my posts, I think you should know what I believe 'the answer' probably is
Kind Regards, John
You must be referring to your 'Troll Spray' post, because the post you quote above was posted a minute after your first pic.
I wouldn't say that there is any reason for incredulity, given that the OP is clearly no expert on electrical matters. He posted the above statement just after we'd been having exchanges about the probably effects of wiring the 'transformer' back-to-front, and whether that would cause a 'bang', and I would have thought it very credible that an electrical layman might well think that the device's built-in protections might be relevant in that regard, wouldn't you?
Kind Regards, John
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I think Ban is Super-superstitious...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wDZFf0pm0SE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wDZFf0pm0SE
a. The light stops working
b. Someone removes the switch to see if the problem is there
c. That someone replaces the switch upside down
d. OP replaces transformer and the reversed switch problem is evident
b. Someone removes the switch to see if the problem is there
c. That someone replaces the switch upside down
d. OP replaces transformer and the reversed switch problem is evident
Of course - many of us suggested that very early on. However, the OP has remained adamant that (b) and (c) never happened. My money is on either the above (maybe unbeknown to the OP), or that the reported 'reversed switch' is just a quirk of memory, and never actually happened.
Kind Regards, John
Hi guys the switch hasnt been changed when tbe transformer blew , I cant ever remember and ive asked the ither 4 members of my family and theyve all said switch down light on, not the other way round, im not even sure anymore if theres no solution that's plausible . I'll have to get an electrician in and get all the things tested . The switches are silver from b&q. Thanks to you all for your input
Are you competent to safely disconnect one wire, the black one from the relevant switch and see if the light is on or off.
Power off and on as needbe for safety
Is this the one and only light in the room and operated by the apparently reversed switch
The blacks at the connection by the transformer were they always twisted like that and are you adament you aint swapped them about
Power off and on as needbe for safety
Is this the one and only light in the room and operated by the apparently reversed switch
I will take the black wire out tom from the light switch iand see what happens and im sure theyre in the right place, what woukd happen if the brown went to the 2 black wires and the blue went to the single black wire would it trip or blow the transformer yes its the only switch to that room
It is the wire from the switch itself 
what should happen if I do this
what should happen if I do this
Except we have had 7 pages of denial of that.
So - the OP is either
a) So mentally challenged that it beggars belief he could actually work a computer.
b) A troll.
c) I can't actually think of a (c).
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