Outrageous Switch Live Wire

And can anyone suggest a way to work out the switch live.

Switch live wire. The other terminal is marked as l1 and is the output to the light fixture. I have a few questions though. Switched live is only live when the switch is on this is where it gets its name from.

For detailed step by step instructions on completing this home project. Take note that the live wire has a high potential and the neutral wire has zero potential. The switch is off thus the appliance will not work.

Why do the two brown live wires get connected in a block separate to the light itself. With that said this electrical tutorial presents a guide to identifying the switched live wire on a lighting circuit and also explains how to rewire a ceiling rose. The switched live wire may be completely red have a piece of red sleeving over it or may be wrapped with red tape or non of the above.

When you re wiring decorative light switches such as chrome or stainless steel etc you ll find that the switch will also have an l2 terminal which means it s a two way switch. Looking at the diagram i should put the two brown live wires in a wago connector the earth in the earth the neutral in neutral and the switch live in live. The blue wire is known as the switched live and takes power to the light.

Now you wanted to work on something inside the appliance and since the switch is off circuit on the left the switch is on the neutral line you think it is safe. If it is not identified then it should be wrapped with red insulation tape. Note the switched live has a brown sleeve on it this highlights that the wire is actually a live wire even though it is blue this ensure that it is not confused with a neutral wire.

The common is for the live wire that supplies the input voltage to the switch. It is not labeled and when i tested the pairs with a. First let s recap the colours used to identify the common live wire the switched live wire and the earth wire.