Re: chinese x10 ? s10? modules

["egelbeertje" <r_d_k@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

.....just sharing some personal experience (the on/off or on/tiny bit
on debate... well it wasn't a tiny bit last week ) but yes Phil, I
should refrain from "misinforming" the audience - for which I
apologise.

It's always good policy to kill the main breaker before attempting to
even unscrew the flimsiest wire in a backbox - you never now if it's
going to pop up out of the fitting or will stay in place....zapp -
ouch.

I guess in this case it would be an additonal security to unscrew the
light bulb. (no neutral at all flowing back to the backbox means you
can also not trip the ground leak switch by accidentally connecting
Live or Neutral to earth) depending of course if the Circuit breaker
only breaks the live or the live+neutral.

Rob.








--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@...> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of egelbeertje
> > Sent: 16 March 2006 16:17
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: chinese x10 ? s10? modules
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> > ...and don't forget your towel....
> >
> > the bulb being an electrical wire , the N goes through the
> > bulb to the module.....somehow just doesn't connect.
> >
> > You can always try it by stripping the wires and hold one in
> > each hand, the only way to make sure you don't short
them.....sort of.
> >
> > Rob.
>
> I realise that you were probably joking about stripping wires and
holding
> one in each hand but please don't - some people are daft enough to
try it!
> (I could show you some howlers in my old email archives from Lets -
I
> remember replying to one person saying "Please stop just trying
connections,
> turn off the master switch on your fusebard and call an electrician
before
> you kill yourself.")
>
> You can pass a small amount of current through a bulb without it
starting to
> glow - that is how the "no separate neutral required" units
work.
>
> Phil
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