Black is negative or N, Red is positive or L it’s a standard yet US for bizarre reason picked black for hot yet in electronics it’s negative in DC or neutral in AC go figure 🤪
Exact same thing happened to me. And I am a licensed electrician. And I was in a customers home. Thanks for sharing, you have taken a little of the pain away.
Congratulations on your touch activated explosion! At least, you had enough fore thought to put poster board on your desk to protect it from the skid mark and buy a second touch control. Totally worth it!
Even in America, I was used to red being "hot" (+) and black being negative, with that also usually being connected to ground. I think it was because I worked 100% in automotive and small digital electronics. It wasn't until I first helped someone with residential wiring that I ever heard of black being "hot". That seemed ridiculous to me!
I prefer the way you wired it. Touch activated armageddon.
"I'm no Big Clive"
Black is negative or N, Red is positive or L it’s a standard yet US for bizarre reason picked black for hot yet in electronics it’s negative in DC or neutral in AC go figure 🤪
Exact same thing happened to me. And I am a licensed electrician. And I was in a customers home. Thanks for sharing, you have taken a little of the pain away.
"Everything is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough"
Technology Connextras ElectroBOOM Edition
Big Clive would be proud of that skid mark
Such high production values! There was no earth-shattering BOOM :-( But at least we got a crater.
Alec when he looks at the wiring diagram : "ah that's hot"
Something tells me you might need to invest in a Big Clive Explosion Containment Pie Dish for future electronics endeavours.
"they want you to wire BLACK to NEUTRAL!"
"That trace looks to have just disappeared"
I love how most of the comments are "Yeah those wiring colours make sense to me".
Congratulations on your touch activated explosion! At least, you had enough fore thought to put poster board on your desk to protect it from the skid mark and buy a second touch control. Totally worth it!
You explodinated it!!!
It has an alternative function when wired backwards, it becomes a touch off switch.
TC: "...at least for 10 cents per kilowatt-hour prices..."
Even in America, I was used to red being "hot" (+) and black being negative, with that also usually being connected to ground. I think it was because I worked 100% in automotive and small digital electronics. It wasn't until I first helped someone with residential wiring that I ever heard of black being "hot". That seemed ridiculous to me!
Alec : "I may have misswired it but I don''t think so."
"Hello and welcome to this quick and dirty Connextras followup..."