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chris...@removebundy.co.uk

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Nov 24, 2009, 12:18:10 PM11/24/09
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I have a 2 button switch in my lounge which I've drawn in the
attachment. I believe the central lights are controlled by one button
and B 1 WAY and B COM these work. There was another wire sort of
loose in the room which I was lead to believe is controlled by the
second switch and the other pair A 1 WAY and A COM. I have put a
meter on the loose wire and no voltage. I switched the black from A
COM to B 2 WAY but still no voltage.

Its now dark and Ive abandoned experimenting untill there is some
daylight tommorow.

Can some kind informed person tell me how the swich is supposed to be
used/wired.

Parts

in the dark !

NT

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Nov 24, 2009, 12:24:37 PM11/24/09
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newsgroups dont carry attachments


NT

Steve Pearce

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Nov 24, 2009, 12:39:26 PM11/24/09
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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:24:37 -0800 (PST), NT <meow...@care2.com>
wrote:

>newsgroups dont carry attachments

Really?

Grimly Curmudgeon

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Nov 24, 2009, 1:15:16 PM11/24/09
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember chris...@REMOVEbundy.co.uk
saying something like:

>I have a 2 button switch in my lounge which I've drawn in the
>attachment.

You'll have to put up the diagram on flickr or somesuch and provide a
link to it. Usenet is a text-only medium.

David WE Roberts

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Nov 24, 2009, 1:17:09 PM11/24/09
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"Steve Pearce" <*steve...@btinternet.com*> wrote in message
news:tg6og5lbrc4am3qso...@4ax.com...

Non-binary NGs such as this one do not. :-)
Pictures need to be on a web site, and you post the URL.
Alternatively use ASCII art.

David WE Roberts

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Nov 24, 2009, 1:18:57 PM11/24/09
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimly...@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
news:7j8og5l659g9mumfu...@4ax.com...

As hinted elsewhere Usenet can carry binaries and often does.
You can encode binaries as text (e.g. Base64).
However a lot of news groups are configured not to carry binaries, including
this one.

Lobster

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Nov 24, 2009, 3:16:25 PM11/24/09
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Not condoning the posting of a binary here, but I can see the .png file OK

David

John

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Nov 24, 2009, 3:21:37 PM11/24/09
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"Lobster" <davidlobs...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:paXOm.19566$Z_5....@newsfe10.ams2...

Does a wire bridge from A Com to B Com? (I would expect that)


Grimly Curmudgeon

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Nov 24, 2009, 4:01:01 PM11/24/09
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "David WE Roberts"
<nos...@talk21.com> saying something like:

>As hinted elsewhere Usenet can carry binaries and often does.
>You can encode binaries as text (e.g. Base64).
>However a lot of news groups are configured not to carry binaries, including
>this one.

Thank you, Lord Voldemort.

Alan

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Nov 24, 2009, 4:21:25 PM11/24/09
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In message <paXOm.19566$Z_5....@newsfe10.ams2>, Lobster
<davidlobs...@hotmail.com> wrote

Many news servers drop binary attachments in text only groups. There is
no attachment from the news server i use.
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Alan
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John Rumm

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Nov 24, 2009, 4:33:49 PM11/24/09
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yup, same here

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chris...@removebundy.co.uk

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:16:33 PM11/24/09
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Sorry for the mistake I will post something in the morning

Parts

Phil L

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:19:29 PM11/24/09
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Some people will see the atachment, others won't - it depends whether their
news server is text only or binary, a lot of cheaper (and free) ones only
accept text, premium servers obviously accept binaries.
try www.tinypic.com if you want more people to see it, there's no signup or
any other such bollox, just go there, browse for the picture and upload,
then post the link here.


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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008


chris...@removebundy.co.uk

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:40:04 PM11/24/09
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Second attempt

I have a 2 button light switch in my lounge which I've drawn
below. I believe the ceiling lights are controlled by one button
and B 1 WAY and B COM these work OK. There was another wire sort of


loose in the room which I was lead to believe is controlled by the

second button and the other pair A 1 WAY and A COM. I have put a


meter on the loose wire and no voltage. I switched the black from A
COM to B 2 WAY but still no voltage.

Its now dark and Ive abandoned experimenting untill there is some
daylight tommorow.

Can some kind informed person tell me how the swich is supposed to be
used/wired.

Parts


MEM DELTA 5AX 250V

!-----------------------------!
! !
A COM !`O Black 0` ! A 2 WAY
! ` !
! ` !
B 2 WAY ! 0 Red 0 ! A 1 WAY
! !
! !
B 1 WAY ! 0 Black Red 0 ! B COM
! !
! !
!-----------------------------!

Alan

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:49:47 PM11/24/09
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In message <RZYOm.8399$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Phil L
<neverc...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote

>Some people will see the atachment, others won't - it depends whether their
>news server is text only or binary, a lot of cheaper (and free) ones only
>accept text, premium servers obviously accept binaries.
>try www.tinypic.com if you want more people to see it, there's no signup or
>any other such bollox, just go there, browse for the picture and upload,
>then post the link here.

Most of the ISPs that still support news servers have dropped binary
posts completely.

Phil L

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Nov 24, 2009, 5:58:01 PM11/24/09
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Virginmedia still have two news servers, but the binary one is so flakey
it's not worth using for text groups like this, often there is a 2 hour lag
between posting and the post actually appearing in the group.
The text one has good retention and is normally pretty well behaved.

John

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Nov 24, 2009, 6:11:13 PM11/24/09
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<chris...@REMOVEbundy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:runog5lkm1kvlrmi3...@4ax.com...

The "COM" terminals need a live - perhaps one wire is live - it needs a
bridge wire over to the other "COM"

The "A 1WAY" and the "B 1 WAY" feed the light circuits


chris...@removebundy.co.uk

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Nov 25, 2009, 3:53:48 AM11/25/09
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Thank you for that, the problem is now solved.

Ive also learnt something about the newsgroupsI. I've been using since
DOS

Parts


On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:11:13 -0000, "John" <Who90...@ntlworld.com>
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