[Shop-talk] Wiring for a pilot light wall switch.

[eric at megageek.com]

I'm sorry, the link is one that is slightly different then the one I have. 
 The one I have has 3 terminals.  but it states in bold letters in the 
directions (but nowhere on the package) that this switch can not be used 
to replace a two wire switch.  There is a "common",  two "Loads" Labeled 
"A1" and "B1".

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Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
Waldo Emerson 





RE: [Shop-talk] Wiring for a pilot light wall switch.

Randall 
to:
eric, shop-talk
05/02/2015 11:05 AM





From:
"Randall" <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>




To:
<eric at megageek.com>, <shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net>




> I bought this switch...
> 
> >
> http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cooper-Wiring-Devices-Heavy-Duty-Gr
ade-15-Amp-Combination-Single-Pole-Toggle-Switch-and-Pilot-> 
Light-White-277W-BOX/203492444<
> 
> And I need to wire it up.  The direcitons say that it can not 
> be used as a 
> replacement switch for a standard '2 wire' wall switc

I'm confused.  Does it not have two terminals for the switch, and two for 
the light?  The description says it can be wired to
indicate either circuit on or circuit off.  To indicate circuit on, just 
connect one light terminal to the load circuit, and the
other to neutral.

If you don't have a neutral in the switch box, then you need to run one. 
However, I won't tell anyone if you use the safety ground,
even though that would be a violation of code.  A neon bulb doesn't draw 
enough current to argue about (or even trip a GFCI).

-- Randall