Wiring for a switch

[Johnmelad502]

Battery

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Probably a bit cumbersome for someone up a ladder painting a ceiling....

 

[Carlnorwich]

Thanks guys,

my new UV lamp costed me £300, the cables, JB, switch etc nearly £50, so I'm going to have to make it work for me.

All comments very much appreciated,

Thanks.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

the cables, JB, switch etc nearly £50,

£9.99

 

[Carlnorwich]

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• Carlnorwich
• 13 May 2010
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I've gone to wire up my switch but just need to check I have this absolutely correct, please see the picture.

Do I do anything with the yellow? No one mentioned this one.

Thanks again.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I've gone to wire up my switch

You'd be able to sell your unnecessarily complicated and dangerously bulky bits and pieces on eBay for more than it would cost you to buy a plug-in wireless adapter.

Do I do anything with the yellow? No one mentioned this one.

Which yellow? You don't have any, apart from the flying leads on the neon.

 

[Steve]

Do I do anything with the yellow? No one mentioned this one.

Which yellow? You don't have any, apart from the flying leads on the neon.

Stop being so obtrusive.

Carl, connect all three earth wires together.

Basically you should end up with the switch wires "in line" with the LIVE to the light. If you follow the live through the diagram you should see what I mean.

 

[Carlnorwich]

The remote idea is good and if I was starting out I would have gone that way, I have now spent nearly £50 to get where I am. I'm not really in the mood to undo it all, put it on e-bay, send it off etc.

The yellow, I mean the earth, doesn't this get wired into the switch?

Thanks again.

 

[Steve]

At the switch end, the earth goes into a "spare" terminal, not actually part of the switch mechanism. Is that one such terminal at the top of the photo you posted? It may be there for the earths, which is good of MK. If not, supply your own terminal and leave it in the backbox.

 

[Carlnorwich]

In the switch box there is a couple of places it might go, 1 position has a 'T' (with 2 smaller lines above it). the other says 'LOOP'. Is it one of these?

 

[Monkeh]

In the switch box there is a couple of places it might go, 1 position has a 'T' (with 2 smaller lines above it). the other says 'LOOP'. Is it one of these?

This is the earth symbol. The loop terminal will be for the neutral (which you will not have at the switch).

 

[Carlnorwich]

Great, so I take the earth (yellow), connect in the JB one end and connect the other end in the switch box (the upside T, with 2 lines under it.

Great, thanks.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Why isn't your earth green & yellow?

What kind of cable have you got?

 

[Monkeh]

Why isn't your earth green & yellow?

What kind of cable have you got?

It is, see the first picture. Looks like arctic.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The remote idea is good and if I was starting out I would have gone that way, I have now spent nearly £50 to get where I am. I'm not really in the mood to undo it all, put it on e-bay, send it off etc.

Well get in the mood.

You'll end up with something better, safer and cheaper. You messed up with your original design through ignorance - don't compound your mistake by stubbornly sticking to it.