[sdiy] illuminated rocker switch confusion

Neil Johnson neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com
Fri Oct 1 16:20:38 CEST 2010


Julian,

> ...however, ive just got double pole versions through with only 4 terminals.
>
> I dont understand these, as i would have expected another terminal for the
> lamp ground?

Two-pole mains rocker switches are designed to switch both live and
neutral.  So the neon lamp is wired across the two output terminals -
you need to check the switch see which pair of terminals are the live
side and which pair and the load side.

Neil
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