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Electronics => Repair => Topic started by: john23 on November 05, 2024, 04:24:21 am

Title: light bolt 1 phase connection logical problem
Post by: john23 on November 05, 2024, 04:24:21 am

Hello ,an AC light bolp has needs two wires , while AC power in the wall has three wires.
So how am i supposed to connect the lightbolp in the power in the wall?
Thanks.

Title: Re: light bolt 1 phase connection logical problem
Post by: CaptDon on November 05, 2024, 01:16:15 pm

It is so obvious, The lamp gets connected to the brown (hot) and blue (return) and if you have a metal fixture the green (earth ground) goes to the metal frame of the fixture. If this wasn't obvious to you from the start then let someone else do the wiring.