cerbera
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| posted on 8/3/14 at 11:54 AM |
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Wiring a power socket
Going to install a power socket but am falling over at the first hurdle.
As there are no instructions with the item I'm not 100% sure which is the positive and negative terminals on the socket.
Anyone help?
 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 8/3/14 at 11:58 AM |
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I'd guess that A will be the +12v connection - but one way to find out is to use a multimeter to find out which terminal goes to the centre pin
of the socket (or use a bulb and battery).
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stevem427
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| posted on 8/3/14 at 11:59 AM |
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A looks very like the + to me. Steve.
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Slimy38
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| posted on 8/3/14 at 12:07 PM |
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B is connected to the outer, so that is negative.
[Edited on 8/3/14 by Slimy38]
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Proby
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| posted on 8/3/14 at 12:47 PM |
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B is negative, (A) centre is positive, without a doubt.
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scudderfish
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| posted on 8/3/14 at 12:48 PM |
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These things try to make the earth connection before the +ve so that you don't randomly earth through something else as you push the item into
the socket. That would make A +ve and B -ve
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cerbera
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| posted on 8/3/14 at 01:20 PM |
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Cheers guys, that's what I thought but it doesn't hurt to get a second opinion before I break something.
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