Spanish House Wiring Diagram

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Spanish house wiring diagram. Conduit is always installed to all walls floors etc and is all linked to easily accessable joint boxes virtually every house is tt top. Attach the earth wire to the remaining connection green and yellow if you have one of course. Slide the cover back over the main body of the plug as per step 1 and screw it all back. Study this diagram to understand what i mean.

The story so far have found out a lot of general information about wiring power and lights on the same 16amp radial as long as its the same room ten amp radial for lighting some places connect the neutral to the earth of the socket to create an earth path. Spanish light fittings are rated to cope with at least 10amps and are protected by an rcd too. 14 march 2016 02 10 pm spoonsy posts. Black wire power or hot wire white wire neutral bare copper ground when wiring a 2 way switch circuit all we want to do is to control the black wire hot wire to turn on and off the load.

This simple diagram below will give you a better understanding of what this circuit is accomplishing. Wiring parallel circuit lights with switch on other end be careful cause when there s a series of lights between the switch es and the power supply the wiring is a little bit trickier. Earth can be in red cable neutral blue and live black if the property has 115volt supply a local authority electrician has to be. Pages 11 16 are.

Normally in older spanish wiring you ve got flat 2 pin sockets which are only meant for light appliances and then you ll have recessed schuko earthed sockets which are meant for up to 16amp appliances. Hahahaha if you dont feel confident doing it please find an electrician that does. 14 march 2016 02 10 pm status. 06 september 2005 09 43 pm andardry.

Of course it will work both ways round but the way i set out above is the right way. 14 march 2016. For homes built prior to 2002 unfortunately it s hit or miss the spanish electrical regulations received a major overhaul in 2002 with specific safety improvements made to domestic dwellings particularly to earthing and sub circuit distribution. 1 of 2 go to page.

This type of wiring is also accounted for when wiring 3 way switches with a series of lights between the power box and the switches. For homes built since 2002 electrical wiring and safety is generally satisfactory. That is of course if the wiring in the house is the right way round. Wiring in spain is generally a lot easier than at home as p v c.

Attach the live and the neutral brown and blue wires to the two pins. Aug 22 2014 1 hi. Wiring and regulations created on.