On or off?

[Dustydog]

Buys two new switches for the control panel. Interior lights, gas box light, master , awning light etc.
All the originals and past replacement from Bailey’s Prima Leisure are marked O and I.
O is Off
I is On.

Easy😉.No . The new ones are complete opposite.
O is On
I is Off.

I’ve asked for replacements.
Am I being too fussy or should electric switches be as before , does it really matter? If it was a gas tap🙀🙀

 

[RogerL]

Buys two new switches for the control panel. Interior lights, gas box light, master , awning light etc.
All the originals and past replacement from Bailey’s Prima Leisure are marked O and I.
O is Off
I is On.

Easy😉.No . The new ones are complete opposite.
O is On
I is Off.

I’ve asked for replacements.
Am I being too fussy or should electric switches be as before , does it really matter? If it was a gas tap🙀🙀

It's a caravan-specific part - what were you expecting, standards compliance?

 

[Beardy]

I assume that there are only two terminals on the back?

 

[Dustydog]

I assume that there are only two terminals on the back?

Yes. It doesn’t matter because the switch poles the wrong way😉

 

[Mr Plodd]

True first world problem!

 

[Sam Vimes]

According to IEC 60417 I is on and O is off.

 

[otherclive]

According to IEC 60417 I is on and O is off.

I try and remember them by In and Out.

 

[ProfJohnL]

As Sam has pointed out there is angreed European, and I must admit I thought it was an agreed international standard. With Some (not all) rocker switched the annotated cap can be removed and put in the other way round - what ever the reason for your switched is they have come from a caravan manufacturer they are just another shambles of an example of how they do not operate an effective quality assurance scheme.

 

[Beardy]

Yes. It doesn’t matter because the switch poles the wrong way😉

Can you unclip the rocker switch and spin it through 180 degrees?
(Edit. Just noticed this has been suggested already.)

 

[Mel]

Do you not have a bit of paper, a pen and some sellotape.
😂
Mel

 

[Beardy]

Do you not have a bit of paper, a pen and some sellotape.
😂
Mel

Or Tippex.

 

[Sam Vimes]

Push one way....light on. Push the other way...light off. Who needs to read the label 😉

 

[Dustydog]

Push one way....light on. Push the other way...light off. Who needs to read the label 😉

It upsets the balance of the whole control panel😢.
But as Roger said what do you expect from a caravan manufacturer ?🙉

 

[toad a caravan]

Strange, normally I'd of expected to reverse the the terminals on the wires to switch terminals,,,,,I suppose you could do an head stand and use a stick...😄

 

[birdman101]

Just interpret differently. O for ON and I for ISOLATE.

 

[Dustydog]

Just interpret differently. O for ON and I for ISOLATE.

That’s what we are now doing but it’s weird when all the others are opposite.
Reversing the wires makes no difference . These are crude single pole switches, on or off not current sensitive.

 

[birdman101]

That’s what we are now doing but it’s weird when all the others are opposite.
Reversing the wires makes no difference . These are crude single pole switches, on or off not current sensitive.

Probably made in China. I bought an aeration unit for my pond manufactured in China,which I had to rewire before I used it as incorrectly wired control panel with timer.

 

[otherclive]

Probably made in China. I bought an aeration unit for my pond manufactured in China,which I had to rewire before I used it as incorrectly wired control panel with timer.

I had some LED indoor wall lights advertised on Amazon as double insulated, but on arrival even a cursory examination showed that they were not double insulated. Earth wire and external metalwork clearly visible. They were returned very quickly. I then bought their replacements from a local Lighting Superstore who sell throughout UK.

 

[Dustydog]

I had some LED indoor wall lights advertised on Amazon as double insulated, but on arrival even a cursory examination showed that they were not double insulated. Earth wire and external metalwork clearly visible. They were returned very quickly. I then bought their replacements from a local Lighting Superstore who sell throughout UK.

These switches in fairness have lasted 17 years of hard use 😎
No indication of country of origin.