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Distribution and use of electricity throughout the home. Electrical standards vary greatly worldwide, so you need to provide your location in your question or profile to ensure you get answers that are relevant to you. Posting photographs of wiring junctions or drawing a wiring diagram and posting it is also highly recommended.
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4 bulb light fixture trouble
Since you are not blowing any fuse I expect that that the fixture is equiped with low voltage halogen bulbs. Let us assume that the original bulbs were 10W than the power supply has to supply 40 W. If …
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Staircase or two way switch wiring doubts
Your approach will work but is illegal in the Netherlands.
The reason is simple.
Normally your bulb (load) is on one side connected to neutral and the switches are handling the live line. In your a …
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Light fixture earthing wires
Over here in the Netherlands we have the same problem.
Simply connect the Neutral and switch wire to the armature and if no earth wire is available leave the one from the armature disconnected.
Most …
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Burnt modules but no breaker trip
Most probably you have had a voltage surge on the incomming power line. There can be many reasons for this.
A bad neutral connection at your place if you have a 3 phase supply.
A bad neutral connect …
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Reason GFCI breaker popped?
If the GFCI breaker pops because of a ground fault it pops softly without a loud sound. When it pops due to an overload you can hear a sharp sound inside the breaker comming from the spark during the …
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Why do my led bulbs state: not for use in totally enclosed luminaires?
Appart from heat buildup in a totaly enclosed fixture an other even more severe problem kills the LED lamp.
The lamp driver is a small piece of electronics located inside the foot of the lamp or in s …