Timeline for Is it acceptable to use a lighted switch with a switched outlet?
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| Dec 17, 2018 at 23:53 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Can you get a switch that has its pilot light wired independently of the switch? (such devices exist in this day and age) | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 23:11 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 17:33 | comment | added | mhucka | @DoxyLover Rereading my reply, it now comes off as much snarkier than I meant. My apologies for that; I'm not trying to be jerk. The edit window has closed on that comment and I can't improve it. | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 17:30 | comment | added | mhucka | @mrog That's correct, no connection to neutral. It's true that you don't see the illumination when nothing is plugged in, but speaking from experience, when you do have a light plugged in, it's very useful for finding the switch in the dark. | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 17:27 | history | edited | mhucka | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2018 at 17:23 | comment | added | mrog | Do I understand correctly that the switch doesn't have any connection at all to neutral? That would mean that the switch can only light up if a suitable load is connected to the outlet. That would be extremely annoying, at least to me. | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 17:20 | history | edited | mhucka | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2018 at 17:17 | comment | added | mhucka | @DoxyLover Thanks for your concern. I think my original posting was unclear about the fact that I replaced the switch myself. I can absolutely guarantee that I wired the black/hot to the switch, and not the white/neutral. The only way things could be that screwed up is if the neutral and hot were switched somewhere else. While I can't guarantee that's not the case, we have been living in the house for years without anything blowing up, so I think the probability is low. | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 17:11 | history | edited | mhucka | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2018 at 16:40 | answer | added | Ed Beal | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 12:39 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Can you post photos of the insides of the boxes involved? | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 7:10 | comment | added | DoxyLover | That indication should mean that there is voltage H-G but not N-G. I’m just concerned that things are miswired so that the neutral is switched. I’d try putting the normal switch back and make sure the indications are normal then. | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 6:12 | answer | added | Paul Logan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 5:40 | history | asked | mhucka | CC BY-SA 4.0 |