Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Main Forums
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Question & Answer Forum
Switch controlling override switch?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Talk Electrician Forum:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Doc Hudson" data-source="post: 480629" data-attributes="member: 1607"><p>What on earth is a 'linaer' light? If what you call a cable as 'live fed' is actually a Live &amp; Neutral supply connected across L1 &amp; L2 at the switch, then I would suggest you put your screwdrivers down and get someone who is competent enough to identify exactly where each individual wire is currently going to. As you appear to be guessing which wires are which without having any clear knowledge of what cables you need or how to connect them. Randomly connecting and powering up, could well put a nice short circuit across the wiring, which would trip your power, (possibly damage wiring elsewhere in the circuit).</p><p></p><p>Ignore what is there at the moment, back-pedal a bit and think how do I want this to work? and do I have the competence to sketch out the wiring diagram of how the switching needs to be connected. Once you have established how it should be wired, you can then start investigating if you have enough wires to connect what you need.</p><p></p><p>Wiring multiple switches to control one or more lights as 1way, 2way, 3way or more, and/or timer controlled, movement controlled, darkness controlled is very basic design circuitry. But it is not uncommon for some people to have an inability to grasp basic series or parallel switching of a load. Can you draw a circuit of what you want it to do?</p><p></p><p>Doc H.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Hudson, post: 480629, member: 1607"] What on earth is a 'linaer' light? If what you call a cable as 'live fed' is actually a Live & Neutral supply connected across L1 & L2 at the switch, then I would suggest you put your screwdrivers down and get someone who is competent enough to identify exactly where each individual wire is currently going to. As you appear to be guessing which wires are which without having any clear knowledge of what cables you need or how to connect them. Randomly connecting and powering up, could well put a nice short circuit across the wiring, which would trip your power, (possibly damage wiring elsewhere in the circuit). Ignore what is there at the moment, back-pedal a bit and think how do I want this to work? and do I have the competence to sketch out the wiring diagram of how the switching needs to be connected. Once you have established how it should be wired, you can then start investigating if you have enough wires to connect what you need. Wiring multiple switches to control one or more lights as 1way, 2way, 3way or more, and/or timer controlled, movement controlled, darkness controlled is very basic design circuitry. But it is not uncommon for some people to have an inability to grasp basic series or parallel switching of a load. Can you draw a circuit of what you want it to do? Doc H. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Main Forums
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Question & Answer Forum
Switch controlling override switch?
Top