Wiring Light help!

[The Riddler]

Hi all, Currently fitting a remote dimmer switch to my bedroom.. Got a bit of a backwards question, Which is live, Red or Black?

PS.. Feel free to rip the piss as much as you like, once the question is answered

[hogfisch]

red is live
black is neutral

p.s. accept no liability if your hair now catches fire when switching light on!

Edited by hogfisch on Friday 7th November 13:32

[10 Pence Short]

The way to find out is to lick your fingers and...

[Heskey]

I thought that said 'remote dinner', that'd be good.

[anonymous-user]

red, and black can be live too in which case it should have a red sleeve over it! A light switch should have nothing but live in it though? (& earth).

[Flog123]

Normally ( and sometimes people wire things up the wrong way round) Red is Live and Black is neutral.

If it's the back of a switch though, one is live and the other is the switched live back to the light fitting ( usually!)

Normally I would have the red as Live feed to the switch and the black, covered in red tape or shroud as the switched live.

Edited by Flog123 on Friday 7th November 13:36

[The Riddler]

Shocking..

Cheers all.. It works!