Installing a double pole switch for shower - 26th Sep 2010 9:05pm
The DP switch in the bathroom disintegrated. One of the black wires was loose in the terminal, and just burnt out the plastic surround, and the rotary cord switch thingy let go.
I'm crap at house electrics, and have had a look at it.
I tested the lot by connecting the red to red and black to black (load and feed?) and the shower switches on, but I think something kicks in and switches it off, you don't activate the shower unit immediately. I don't want to further mess with this as I know what might happen.
Can anyone explain why the shower is deactivating a couple of seconds after switching the power on at the consumer fuse box (Sanchez)?
I'll get a new switch tommorow and install it properly as I was doing the garden all day and need a bloody shower!
Also, is red feed, or is that black?
I'm crap at house electrics, and have had a look at it.
I tested the lot by connecting the red to red and black to black (load and feed?) and the shower switches on, but I think something kicks in and switches it off, you don't activate the shower unit immediately. I don't want to further mess with this as I know what might happen.
Can anyone explain why the shower is deactivating a couple of seconds after switching the power on at the consumer fuse box (Sanchez)?
I'll get a new switch tommorow and install it properly as I was doing the garden all day and need a bloody shower!
Also, is red feed, or is that black?