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Bathroom Pull Cord Broken Switch
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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff1946" data-source="post: 531154" data-attributes="member: 28452"><p>This could get complicated.</p><p> Is your new switch a two way?, i.e. has it three terminals? Is one "COM", or just "C" ? If so the connections are C and L1.</p><p>What made you believe the switch to be broken? Does it feel/sound to be switching? </p><p>Have you got a meter to test it? </p><p>If not, temporarily connect the two switch wires in a terminal block, switch the power back on and see if the lights work.</p><p></p><p>If there are only a red and a black wire there it was probably originally wired back to a single ceiling light where the live feed would be. Your LED spots, by age alone, must be a conversion, involving introduction of a junction box, probably located above the ceiling where the original fitting was.</p><p>If your lamps are 12 volt there will also be one or more drivers, (a sort of special transformer).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoff1946, post: 531154, member: 28452"] This could get complicated. Is your new switch a two way?, i.e. has it three terminals? Is one "COM", or just "C" ? If so the connections are C and L1. What made you believe the switch to be broken? Does it feel/sound to be switching? Have you got a meter to test it? If not, temporarily connect the two switch wires in a terminal block, switch the power back on and see if the lights work. If there are only a red and a black wire there it was probably originally wired back to a single ceiling light where the live feed would be. Your LED spots, by age alone, must be a conversion, involving introduction of a junction box, probably located above the ceiling where the original fitting was. If your lamps are 12 volt there will also be one or more drivers, (a sort of special transformer). [/QUOTE]
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