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Strange lighting wiring
On 09/11/2019 17:09,
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On Saturday, 9 November 2019 16:46:37 UTC, Lee Nowell wrote:
So for this I conclude that
Grey is neutral
black is perm live
Brown is switched live
Is this correct ?
Probably. But it's certainly not 12 volts :-)
More worryingly any idea why I am getting spurious voltages when the switch
is off?
Induced voltage from parallel conductors.
With cables having coupling in the order of about 100pf/metre (minimum), it only takes 10m to get a whole 1nF (i.e. 73uA leakage). Digital multimeters (good ones, that is) are about 20Mohm input. If you measure with a good ol' analogue meter you'll probably find a lot lower than [76V].
https://www2.theiet.org/forums/forum...&threadid=3053
See also
https://diy.stackexchange.com/questi...-be-at-0-volts
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