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I encountered another way to wire 2 way switches. Thankfully I survived it. The switch was wired to two fuse boxes on different floors. I removed the fuse to replace the switch and confirmed it killed the lighting circuit. I changed the switch, but before I replaced the fuse, someone on the floor below, flipped the other switch. The light came on, powered by a fuse in a box, 2 floors away.

Steven Ruhl

The Canadian version of the Philips led lights has the power supply potted. I just recently took a blown one to bits. I pulled the heatsink and led board and lens away from the base and power supply. Put it in my parts bin for a later project.

Blair Cox

I must confess that I've spent entire evenings reading articles about various countries electrical systems and standards. I find it interesting to learn about the ways that various plug/socket designs were arrived at based on prevalence of a particular product in the market, safety concerns or discovered flaws in earlier standards/designs, etc. etc.

Chris Talbot

We once had a problem with the lights flickering in the office. At first we thought it was the lights, but soon díscovered the light switch was continuously arcing when switched on. It was a cheap no name 5 amp switch. When replaced with a 10 amp Crabtree it never arced again.

Gadgetman

I don't like that style of rocker switch, the design combined with their 5 amp rating makes them prone to arcing. I much prefer the modern flat rockers with 10 amp rating. MK is quality stuff but so is Crabtree and Volex etc. They are cheap enough and I never use no name electrical fittings.

Gadgetman

I love seeing British electrical stuff taken apart. It does similar work but looks and construction seem so different like a parallel dimension. (Not a series one ;) )

Michael Thompson

"Made In England". I love it when Clive pulls apart antiques.

Chris Talbot

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It's the high current that occurs when the capacitor tries to shunt the arcing.

Big Clive

What did cause the resistor to fail exactly? Is it because the arcing in the switch generates high voltage spikes?

Axel DominatoR