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davey1160
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Brass lamp fitting

by davey1160 » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:13 am

I have a brass lamp fitting with connection marked + and - Which one is for the live and which one is for the neutral wires? Thanks.
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by sparx » Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:45 pm

unusual to be so marked but
+=L
-=N
must also be earthed as metal.
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by ericmark » Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:09 am

For B22d does not really matter as Sparkx says normally Line = + and Neutral = - but for Edison screw centre is Line and screw is negative.
And as he also says needs an earth.
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