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Broken controller switch

  • 18-12-2021 10:13AM
    #1
    Citizenpain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭


    The wire going into a controller switch for a set of outdoor Christmas lights has snapped . The controller is on/off and the usual assortment of 1million light flickers I never use. It’s a molded sealed box and impossible to rewire . I was just going to remove the box altogether and connect the wires together.. I have an isolation switch for the outdoor socket that I can use to control it.

    Does the red switch wire get connected to the live wires ?



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  • #2
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,400 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    Need more info.

    Some of these in-line devices are also power-supplies. Are you sure that the LED input voltage is the same as what is coming into the box? Also bear in mind that many LED sets power LED's on a 50% or 75% duty-cycle, so if you power it directly from the power-supply you may find that they run brighter, hotter etc.



  • #3
    Citizenpain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    Thanks

    good point. This is the back and front of the controller box. I have a separate transformer before this

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    Post edited by Citizenpain on


  • #4
    Citizenpain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    figured it out …all good



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