"John" wrote in message
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"F Murtz" wrote in message
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I have just wired a couple of lamps in my loft over the garage. I have
taken the power from from a redundant power plug on the ceiling that
was put there for an electric garage door. I used a switch ( Marbo 20A
DP ) with a neon in the hope that this would glow when the loft lights
were on. it doesn't. The switch is located next to the power plug..

From reading I gather that neons dont glow in a single wire circuit ,
given the proximity of the power source would it possible to pass both
sides of the circuit through the two paths of the switch to achieve
a glowing neon.


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What you can do with a neon is connect it across the switch and it would
glow when switch is off making it easy to find in the dark.

If you want a neon to glow when the light is OFF and you are using an
incandescent bulb - just bridge the 2 contacts of a normal single pole
switch.


Sorry - already said - and I meant to say bridge the contacts with the neon.
You used to be able to buy surround plates that fitted behind the switch and
incorporated a neon or an electroluminescent panel. I bet they are still
around.
Need to use a conventional bulb in the main light ideally to allow the neon
to 'get its neutral return path'