This was awesome. Clearest explanation I have come across. These rocker switches usually have different colored prongs from those in a receptacle. Usually brass colored is for the hot (black wire) and white (neutral) to the silver contact. In these rocker switches, the hot (blk) goes to silver and neutral (wh) goes to brass colored. Probably due to the DC standard of red is for hot/power and black is for ground being different for the AC power standard blk (line), white (neutral), bare (ground) in a 3-wire situation and then red is hot in a 4-wire cable.
So line 1 is the hot coming into the switch, lines/prongs 2 & 3 are for the load you want to with on and off ( via this switch ). I think the confusing part is he draws a bulb for the load instead of another type of load like a motor but the X in a circle represents the internal switch lamp/bulb which is no different to the load on 2 & 3 prong.
This was awesome. Clearest explanation I have come across. These rocker switches usually have different colored prongs from those in a receptacle. Usually brass colored is for the hot (black wire) and white (neutral) to the silver contact. In these rocker switches, the hot (blk) goes to silver and neutral (wh) goes to brass colored. Probably due to the DC standard of red is for hot/power and black is for ground being different for the AC power standard blk (line), white (neutral), bare (ground) in a 3-wire situation and then red is hot in a 4-wire cable.
Im f**kn lost too!!!
And the blue wire, what the fuck is it for?
We use the blue wire to connect the bulb to neutral.
Totally confusing...
So line 1 is the hot coming into the switch, lines/prongs 2 & 3 are for the load you want to with on and off ( via this switch ). I think the confusing part is he draws a bulb for the load instead of another type of load like a motor but the X in a circle represents the internal switch lamp/bulb which is no different to the load on 2 & 3 prong.