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2 way switch colours?
2 way stairs lighting
existing cable is red, white and blue (with a single separate black wire carrying the earth) New cable is Black Brown and Light Grey + earth included (to be sheathed) so, Red to brown, but white and blue? what goes where? -- Vass |
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Vass wrote: 2 way stairs lighting existing cable is red, white and blue (with a single separate black wire carrying the earth) Weird. Many use triple and earth for two way switching, but this is (was) red, blue and yellow with the ECC bare as ordinary TW&E, and this should be sleeved in green/yellow. Black is the old colour for neutral, not earth, so sort that out pronto. New cable is Black Brown and Light Grey + earth included (to be sheathed) so, Red to brown, but white and blue? what goes where? There is no standard for which colours to use in a two-way switch circuit, so you need to look at how it's wired at the other switch. -- *Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message There is no standard for which colours to use in a two-way switch circuit, so you need to look at how it's wired at the other switch. no probs, understood thanks Dave -- Vass |
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:52:33 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: Weird. Many use triple and earth for two way switching, but this is (was) red, blue and yellow with the ECC bare as ordinary TW&E, and this should be sleeved in green/yellow. Black is the old colour for neutral, not earth, so sort that out pronto. Didn't we have this before, where the yellow appeared to have gone white? |
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"EricP" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:52:33 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: Didn't we have this before, where the yellow appeared to have gone white? Stripped it right back, most certainly white did it used to me Red, Blue and Yellow then? -- Vass |
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"Vass" wrote in message ... "EricP" wrote in message ... On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:52:33 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: Didn't we have this before, where the yellow appeared to have gone white? Stripped it right back, most certainly white did it used to me Red, Blue and Yellow then? -- Vass It probably is red, blue and white with no earth. I believe that particular cable stopped being used around 1966. Adam |
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"ARWadsworth" wrote in message news  It probably is red, blue and white with no earth. I believe that particular cable stopped being used around 1966. house built 1961 ! -- Vass |
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