Hey guys, i'm building my bed for myself as a holiday project. (yes school holidays are here). So to add that touch of electricity i've decided to add a touch switch which activates an array of leds. (for bed time reading)

Ive found this schematic:
http://www.discovercircuits.com/PDF-...F/120v1out.pdf

Can someone tell me what the "YEL" thing is?? (the device which comes right after the "touch button". I have no idea what it is, or its purpose. :?

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I would suggest NOT building a touch switch, their reliability is really very poor!.

'Yel' is presumably the colour of the wire to the touch plate?.

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The YEL is indeed the wire colour, but right beside it is that symbol that looks like a chevron on its side, that is, two V's nested together. That is the generic symbol for a pin and socket pair of any connector. So they just mean there is a connector there, but no specific type is mentioned.

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