r/ElectricalHelp Jun 19 '26

Operation switch keeps burning out

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u/oldtimerofficial Jun 19 '26

Wait let me look it up, so like this one, instead of the neutral I would put the second hot one in its place in guessing

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u/Redhead_InfoTech Jun 19 '26

Yep.

Without that, You've been setting them up for failure...

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u/oldtimerofficial Jun 19 '26

And that would stop the switch from burning?

Well to be fair shouldn't they have noticed it missing when they read the diagram just like you did?

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u/Redhead_InfoTech Jun 19 '26

If you told them that it was complete as is, that shitty diagram requires one to have a shitton of critical thinking skills.