Of course the standard is different in the UK. The switch is down for on and
up for off. Amazing how no-one can develop a standard for even the simplest
of things.
Mark N1UK
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From: <TexasRF@aol.com>
To: <kg7hf@comcast.net>; <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, 04 April, 2011 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] what is a 4 wire 240VAC service
> Perhaps the switch location has a dual role: up/on = occupied, down/off =
> unoccupied?
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> 73,
> Gerald K5GW
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> In a message dated 4/4/2011 8:24:42 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> kg7hf@comcast.net writes:
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> That must explain the bathroom light switches in my house here in New
> Hampshire, they all are on the outside wall instead of the inside. Maybe
> we
> had a UK trained electrician!
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> Paul (kg7hf)
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> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 22:51:41 -0400
> From: "Mark Robinson" <markrob@mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] what is a 4 wire 240VAC service?
> To: <ve3zi@rac.ca>, "Amps" <amps@contesting.com>
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> It is a lot safer. They use isolation transformers and 115V on building
> sites in the UK.
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> UK code will not allow light switches in a bathroom. It either has to be
> a
> string pull switch in the bathroom or a wall switch on the wall outside
> the
> bathroom. There are no 240V power sockets allowed in the bathroom apart
> from
> transformer isolated razor outlets.
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> Lots of people in the UK die using 240V electric mowers and cutters
> outside.
> It isn't 120 0 120 like here. It is 240Vrms relative to the
> Neutral/Ground
> potential. That is 660V pk to pk relative to ground. You take a shock and
> it
> really hurts if it doesn't kill you.
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> Mark N1UK G3ZZM
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