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In response to "You know what really makes you feel stupid? When the electrician comes to fix the kitchen light/fan flips a wall switch behind the coffee pot...." by zeitgeist

Two switches for the fixture (a 3-way)? Not unusual. Odd place to put the switch, though.

Posted by TWuG Jul 17 '13, 14:13

One of the houses I grew up in had a set of tall cabinets, a left and right door with a central vertical divider. That perfectly bisected an outlet, making it useless. :-)

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there are the pull chains to turn on the lights and fan, didn't realize the wall switch on the counter behind the coffee pot was connected -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 14:23 3
- Ah. Just the single switch. No other wall switch controls it? - TWuG Jul 17, 14:26 2
  - it just seems counter intuitive when one switch flips an outside light and an inside unit -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 14:54 1
    - leave it on, control the fan with the chains, attach a motion or darkness sensor to control the outside one -- nm - zork Jul 17, 15:12

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Two switches for the fixture (a 3-way)? Not unusual. Odd place to put the switch, though.

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