redbourn

Hi,

I have a light switch on the wall and bought a new gizmo that will allow me to continue to turn the light on and off and it also has a socket.

Sorry that I don't know the tech names for these things.

I turned off the circuit breaker and discovered that there are only two wires going to the light switch.

The way that I have it wired right now is the live going to live and the other wire going to neutral.

The light switch only works if I plug something into the socket.

I imagine that I need to bridge two of the sockets but don't know which ones.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Michael

nealtw

First thing first, are you working with 240 or 120 volts? It will be an easy fix.

kok328

If Michael is in Israel, I don't think he's working with 120 or 240V circuits.
More like 100V but, the concepts are the same.
Unfortunately, I don't have a clue as to what he's referring to without correct terminology.

nealtw

I think what he has is like an old bathroom fixture that had a razer plug built in and he wants to use the plug with or without the light.

redbourn

240 - thanx for the reply.

redbourn

thanks kok328 and nealtw

http://is.gd/5hZudZ

The above is similar to what I'm trying to do.

I just took a picture of the back of my new socket and will upload it a little later.

I just moved and have to look in boxes to find my card reader; or I'll buy another one.

Sorry not to have been more explicit.

nealtw

I was afraid of that I don't think I can be much help here. It may be helpfull to have a photo of your setup.

redbourn

Two images ...

http://i53.tinypic.com/303bvnq.jpg = back

http://i56.tinypic.com/2rgywpz.jpg = front

Normally in Israel brown is live neutral is blue and earth is green/yellow

But this an old apartment (40 years old) and I only have red and yellow at this outlet.

Thanks,

Michael

nealtw

Have tried finding the manufactures web sit for instruction? I just don't think I want to make a guess here.

JoeD

If you only have two wires then you can 't do it. You have hot in and switched hot back to the fixture. You don't have the return wire to use for a receptacle. Doesn't matter if it is 120 or 240. You need three wires to make a switch receptacle combo work.

Looking at the pictures it appears that (on the back image) power in goes to the terminal with the brown wire(right). Return power goes to the left connection(this is the wire you are missing). Ground goes to the upper connection. Fixture switched power goes to the red wire.