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    Default Re: Anyone know how to wire a 3-prong AC lighted switch?

    On your new diagram if the bottom wire is hot then the light should only be on when the switch is closed (on). If your hot is connected to the middle pin then the light should be on when the switch is open (off) b/c it'd be in series with the machine, however you would then be switching your neutral wire when the switch closes and since it'd be going to the neutral from the outlet it'd then be the least path of resistance and not go through the light, so the light would be off now.

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    Default Re: Anyone know how to wire a 3-prong AC lighted switch?

    Sorry if this is a pretty nub question, but what does it mean for a wire to be "hot"? I would guess it means the positive terminal, but since this is an AC circuit, isn't there not really a positive or negative terminal?

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    I'm surprised the circuit breaker a circuit breaker hasn't tripped. I could be wrong here, but I do believe you have it hooked up wrong.

    I'll draw up how I meant it to be wired up.
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    Default Re: Anyone know how to wire a 3-prong AC lighted switch?

    Quote Originally Posted by crenn View Post
    I'm surprised the circuit breaker hasn't tripped.
    Haha, I was just thinking the same thing. All I've managed to do so far is crispify a wire.

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    So when a wire is hot it's the wire that has voltage on it. If it's DC voltage then it's positive and negative.

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    I think this should work. I belive the base of the unit is attached to earth.
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