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Replacing a ceiling rose and bulb with LED strips and switch
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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 535386" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>Just to add:</p><p></p><p>You may find that the switch fails prematurely as your earlier attempts have put a direct dead short, high circuit current across the contacts.</p><p></p><p>It's not uncommon for switch connects to either weld together, so you cannot turn it off.</p><p>Or burn out, so you cannot turn it on! after been connected directly across a supply. </p><p></p><p>See how it goes.. </p><p>but if the switch gets a bit temperamental, or the lights start flickering.. Fit a new switch. </p><p></p><p>Basic rule to remember.. There are NO neutral connections required a most standard, (non-smart), light switches..</p><p>Just Live IN, (from the supply) and Live OUT, (to the light)..</p><p>If there are any neutral wires at the switch enclosure, they would be connected together independently, (Not at the switch contacts).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 535386, member: 250"] Just to add: You may find that the switch fails prematurely as your earlier attempts have put a direct dead short, high circuit current across the contacts. It's not uncommon for switch connects to either weld together, so you cannot turn it off. Or burn out, so you cannot turn it on! after been connected directly across a supply. See how it goes.. but if the switch gets a bit temperamental, or the lights start flickering.. Fit a new switch. Basic rule to remember.. There are NO neutral connections required a most standard, (non-smart), light switches.. Just Live IN, (from the supply) and Live OUT, (to the light).. If there are any neutral wires at the switch enclosure, they would be connected together independently, (Not at the switch contacts). [/QUOTE]
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