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Re: AD10 wiring for mains socket



Adam Stevens wrote:

> Basically, the AD10 has a L and N at the bottom, which I guess I
connect to
> the mains ring... Errm, and that's where I get stuck! :-)  The live
from the
> socket I guess will go to the "L" on the top on the AD10,
but where does the
> neutral go - Back to the neutral on the ring?! - The socket will only
be
> controllable via X10, so I don't need to use a switch connected to the
"1"
> or "2" connections on the AD10 (I think!).

If you connect it like that, the module will not be fused off the ring
main. You may want to put it on a spur so that it has some fuse
protection up-stream of it.

> I'm sorry to have to ask such a basic question, but as I said above,
more I
> think about it, the more confused I get, and I don't want to start
playing
> with the mains until I know what I'm doing! :-) ...would you believe
that I
> re-wired my house a year ago?!!... Maybe it's time to move!

Yeah. im constantly changing things here too.. heh.. never ending
battle.



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