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<blockquote data-quote="GTS225" data-source="post: 471177" data-attributes="member: 6678"><p>You have yours correctly wired. I can only assume, if those that you've seen had a red wire on one side, and a black wire on the other, and the circuit was working, then whoever wired it used incorrect insulation colors. </p><p>If you wired a circuit breaker with a positive on one side, and negative on the other, then as soon as the circuit was energized, the breaker would pop, as it would be a dead short.</p><p></p><p>In general, a (very simplified) circuit, will "loop" from the positive power source, through an overload protector, (fuse or breaker), through a control device, (switch), through a load, (pump, light, start motor, etc.), then back to power negative. There are a number of different control means, but the generalities are still the same.</p><p></p><p>Roger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTS225, post: 471177, member: 6678"] You have yours correctly wired. I can only assume, if those that you've seen had a red wire on one side, and a black wire on the other, and the circuit was working, then whoever wired it used incorrect insulation colors. If you wired a circuit breaker with a positive on one side, and negative on the other, then as soon as the circuit was energized, the breaker would pop, as it would be a dead short. In general, a (very simplified) circuit, will "loop" from the positive power source, through an overload protector, (fuse or breaker), through a control device, (switch), through a load, (pump, light, start motor, etc.), then back to power negative. There are a number of different control means, but the generalities are still the same. Roger [/QUOTE]
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