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Title: Help wiring up UK IEC switched socket
Post by: jimmy2x2x on August 09, 2011, 03:48:54 pm

I just bought this IEC switched socket for my cab and could use some help wiring it up.

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Title: Re: Help wiring up UK IEC switched socket
Post by: lilshawn on August 09, 2011, 07:58:24 pm

how i would do it...

please note i live in canada where the standard electrical conductors is white/black/green

i believe:

brown=black (our hot or live)
blue=white (our neutral)
green=green (ground)

i have labeled the hot(live)/neutral/ground connections in case i'm incorrect.

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Title: Re: Help wiring up UK IEC switched socket
Post by: jimmy2x2x on August 10, 2011, 05:16:38 pm

Worked great! Thanks  :cheers:

Title: Re: Help wiring up UK IEC switched socket
Post by: jameth on August 16, 2011, 05:55:40 am

Brilliant, thanks for this - I've been searching the web like crazy for some info on wiring up a switched IEC socket, nothing seems to exist! Assuming that this is a DPST switch, am I right in thinking that for increased safety you can also feed the neutral wire through the other two switch tabs?

Title: Re: Help wiring up UK IEC switched socket
Post by: mgb on August 16, 2011, 07:08:19 am

Yeah,
as long as its a 2 pole, you can also switch the neutral.

Title: Re: Help wiring up UK IEC switched socket
Post by: jameth on August 16, 2011, 08:46:08 am

That's great, thanks a lot!