Timeline for Is it acceptable to use a lighted switch with a switched outlet?
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| Dec 17, 2018 at 20:27 | comment | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | @Harper good point! | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 19:58 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @manassehkatz it's perfectly safe for lamps. But didn't you must say that's a general use receptacle? What keeps someone from plugging in a non-lamp? That is why dimmers are not allowed on receptacles. I extend that to any "powered switch powered through the load" deal. | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 17:47 | comment | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | @mhucka I see your clarification. So it is going through the load, rather than through ground. So it is perfectly safe. But be careful about what type of bulb you use - with some LEDs the leakage will result in either a low glow (which may be OK or may not, depending on your preference) or flashing (which I am sure you don't want). | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 17:21 | comment | added | mhucka | This is not the kind of switch I mean. I'll add a clarification to my posting. | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 14:52 | comment | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | @Harper Can't be leaking current through the lamp because this is with a switched receptacle. Assuming it lights up even when there is nothing plugged in, that is. | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 10:30 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | He doesn't mean that. He means a switch which lights the switch by leaking current through the lamp. | |
| Dec 17, 2018 at 6:30 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Dec 17, 2018 at 6:12 | history | answered | Paul Logan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |