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Advice please - 3 way light switches - I just moved into an older house
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Advice please - 3 way light switches - I just moved into an older house
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:02:15 GMT,
(Beachcomber)
wrote:
Three way (and four way) switches are mis-named but no-one ever
bothered to change the term for a better understanding of common
electrical use. A three way switch is more correctly termed a Single
Pole Double Throw switch (SPDT). Why then, is it called a three
way switch? Because it has three terminal screws on it?! Very
strange.
LOL. Good point.
'm sure whoever called it "3-way" first knew exactly how it worked. I
wonder what he was thinking.
Or if maybe he said something that made more sense and the words got
garbled along the way. I heard on the radio that "Ina Godda Da Veeda"
was meant to be called "In the Garden of Eden". (Does anyone know if
that is true?)
Another mis-named electrical device.... The Current Tap.
Beachcomber
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