Wiring cheat sheet in your pocket?

[Lister1987]

I'm probably going to get a negative reception to this but I have to admit to myself that remembering the wiring setups for feed@ light vs feed @ rose can be tricky.

I was thinking of creating a pocket size flip book type hing with what we would deem 'the basics'

• 1 way lighting, power at rose
• 1 way lighting, power at switch
• 1 way to 2 way conversion in singles
• 1 way to 2 way conversion in T&E
• Multiroom lighting loop with switch drops in each room
• Wiring Ceeform connectors (all voltages)
• IoT heating controllers (Hive et all)

Anything else people can think of? I know I've got.the OSG, Unite guide & GN3 but I'm thinking smaller and handier for those brainfart moments

 

[JAWS]

I think its a good idea. There will be loads to do from Extractor fans to adding lights the list go on.

 

[SparkyChick]

My personal view is that you would get more benefit from developing a logical approach where you fully understand what it is you're trying to achieve and how the various components available to you work. Understanding that will then allow you to logically piece it together. With something like a guide book, there is a risk that people rely it on to heavily. Then when they encounter a situation that isn't in the book, they lack the experience of thinking through a problem to produce a solution that fits the particular use case.

If you think about a lighting circuit... there are only so many bits and pieces you'll use normally... I'm thinking PIRs, 1 way, 2 way and intermediate switches, contactors, ceiling roses, timers and photocells. There's only really two switching schemes... single point and multi-point, generally anything else will be a variation on one of those.

I guess what I'm really saying is... try to make it a 'why we do this' not 'how we do this', so it helps people improve their understanding. It's like the old saying 'give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime'.

I would definitely steer clear of things like the heating controllers as they are becoming ever more numerous. A better way to understand what's going on with heating systems is to get hold of the Honeywell wiring guide as this covers lots of use cases, and once you understand what the various components do, you should be able to construct a system to suit without a wiring diagram.

 

[Lister1987]

I fully intend to take the method you SC but this would be one of those things used once in a blue moon, I'm sure we've all had that moment of self-questioning and picking our work apart only to find it was right all along; this would serve as a sanity check for those times, it's not a replacement for drilling knowledge into yourself.