Wiring 3 way switches
Wiring 3 way switches
How do i wire a 3 way switch in a 220 volt system
Re: Wiring 3 way switches
Detailed instructions here: http://bfy.tw/D2Zg
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Re: Wiring 3 way switches
If there are three wires it's easy. Connect one wire to a large metal fitting, a metal stair rail or your balcony rail is ideal. It doesn't really matter which of the other wires you connect to the mains, it's AC so they are both the same. If you can try and bypass the breakers with a few thick strips of metal that will save you messing around with switches etc in the dark. Then you're ready to go.
By the time you're finished, it should look something like this:
By the time you're finished, it should look something like this:
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Are you kidding? That man is clearly a master in this country... You know how local "electricians" test for live? They literally lick their finger, and tap wires until one zaps them!
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Re: Wiring 3 way switches
Here is instruction: https://www.familyhandyman.com/electric ... h/view-all
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Re: Wiring 3 way switches
John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:58 pm
By the time you're finished, it should look something like this:
Amature electricians... shocking!
Was the picture the picture taken in Cambodia or Thailand?
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Re: Wiring 3 way switches
They just copy the way their brain is wired.Cruisemonkey wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:59 amJohn Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:58 pm
By the time you're finished, it should look something like this:
Amature electricians... shocking!
Was the picture the picture taken in Cambodia or Thailand?
Plus, if you think that's bad, you should take a look behind that board. A spaghetti of twisted wires, no connectors, no tape.
It's really stupid of me not to have photographed all the crazy Khmer electrics I've seen or replaced here. Three phase electrics with plastic connecters connecting the power into the premses at ground level and exposed to the weather. Everything, - 6 ACs, freezers, fridges, fans, ovens etc in the large beach side business run off one phase, and a few flourescent lights run on another, leaving the third phase free. That was wired by one of the instructors from Don Bosco's.
Another job i looked at, there were only live wires in the fuse box. All the neutrals had been twisted together in the ceiling with no access. They were also red. I just told him the whole place needed rewiring. Which it did.
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Re: Wiring 3 way switches
Being a sparkie, I just could not help but laugh out loud seeing that picture, what a joke.
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