RE: Basic stuff... my brain aint working

[Mark Harrison <mark.harrison@xxxxxxx>]

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I'd _GUESS_ that the brown was live, and the black was live return


...and no, I can't explain the difference between live return and neutral.
I've had various people try to explain it to me, but never really seem to
get my head round it ;-(
Mark



-----Original Message-----
From: andy.powell@xxxxxxx [mailto:andy.powell@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:03 AM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Basic stuff... my brain aint working


IT's a single switch.,,,

A.




Mark Harrison <mark.harrison@xxxxxxx>
07/02/2001 11:45
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Is it a single switch, or one part of a two-way switch?

M.

-----Original Message-----
From: andy.powell@xxxxxxx [mailto:andy.powell@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 10:36 AM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Basic stuff... my brain aint working


I want to find out if they are both live or one is neutral...or whatever.
(I know there is an easy way to find out if they are live - but it
hurts!!!)

A.





"steve" <steve@xxxxxxx>
07/02/2001 10:51
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Why not get out the voltmeter ? Or at the least a neon tester ?

What are you try to achieve or determin ?

Steve.

----- Original Message -----
From: <andy.powell@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Basic stuff... my brain aint working


> No,
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> I have a Brown cable and a black cable - and that's it...
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> A.
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> "Alan Cockerton" <alancc@xxxxxxx>
> 06/02/2001 23:49
> Please respond to ukha_d
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>         To:     <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Re: [ukha_d] Basic stuff... my brain aint
working
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> So you have one cable with a red and black and another with brown and
> blue?
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> Alancc
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Powell" <Andy@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 10:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Basic stuff... my brain aint working
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> > poking out from a wall switch that I wanted to replace with an
X10
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> > A.
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> > On 06/02/01 at 20:07 Alan Cockerton wrote:
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> > >Where are these wires?
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> > >Alancc
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Andy Powell" <Andy@xxxxxxx>
> > >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 9:48 PM
> > >Subject: [ukha_d] Basic stuff... my brain aint working
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> > >> Guys (n gals?)
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> > >> Please, I've had a total lapse (I need a holiday)....
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> > >> Brown = Live
> > >> Black = ??? Neutral??? or live loop???
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> > >> No blue in this one..
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> > >> sorry, sorry sorry
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> > >> A.
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> > >> --- Tag-it! v2.0 (c) Andy Powell ,1998,1999,2000...and
beyond..
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> > >> It's hard to believe it, but some teens are humans.
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> > --- Tag-it! v2.0 (c) Andy Powell ,1998,1999,2000...and beyond..
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> > Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
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