I知 in the middle of doing some wiring and I知 a little hesitant.
Can someone confirm if this is correct please??
I知 putting in a new socket where there was one already. I知 also adding a switch which wasn稚 here but when I bought this flat there were some cables left to install lights further down the wall.
Basically the Live neutral and ground are coming from the breaker to the socket. I took 3 other wires from those 3 places on the socket and put the live in the top of the switch. Then 2 lives from the bottom of the switch to the lamps. The neutral and ground I attached to the neutral and ground which goes to the lamp ends (there are 2 lamps) Does that sound right?
I知 in Poland so these are European switches/sockets. Pics included
You're posting in the right place but it looks like you are cramming wires in area that is too small.
An electrical box has a limit to the amount of wires you can bring in.
I see a cable in and a cable out in the first picture.
Two blues, two browns and two grounds.
Is that power in and out or power in and switched out ??
We bought a home built in 1953 and it apparently has a low voltage GE wiring system. We have the RR-3 switches. They have three screws where the wires are connected. The wiring from the wall is a single strand of three all black wires. The switch is broken. It no longer turns the lights in the bathroom on. There are 2 lights, one overhead and one above the sink mirror. They are both controlled by the one switch.
We want to replace this switch with a typical modern one. I got one with 2 screws on one side and 1 on the other.
The funny thing we found is that with the switch removed and wires not connected to anything, the lights are on!!! We have to turn off the entire house power to service the switch!!
So we connected our new switch to the wires. We are not sure it was connected properly. The lights sorta kinda came on but only when the switch was in the middle. Also there was a loud hum from the ceiling fixture. We got worried so we removed the switch. That's when we found the lights come on, no switch, no hum, when the power was restored.
We compared the wiring to other replaced switches in the home but they are supplied with only 2 wires, one black and one white. We haven't looked yet at other RR-3 switches in the home.
We have a new volt meter on order and that should help us figure it out, I think. But does anyone have any guidance on these things? The three black wires is messing with us. The house is not grounded. Nearly all the electrical outlets are only 2 prongs except for the ones the previous owners replaced with GFCIs.
Thanks.....
Susan
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[i]The GE low voltage RR-3 switch we removed[/i]
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[i]The back of the switch where the strand of three black wires was connected [/i]
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[i]Close up showing the 2 and 3 markings. What do they mean? [/i]
Hi everyone, I have this really cool fibre optic lamp
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[i]Where would the cog go? I have a 70's fibre optic lamp [/i]with silver ball base. It was making a slight whirring noise, so I opened the base and discovered a thin cog sitting loose. Could this cause the whirring sound? I have no idea where it goes. Are these lamps renowned for having a whirring sound?
Thank you. Tracey
05-01-22, 12:30 PM
