Timeline for Why would the light be on when the switch is off?
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| Dec 31, 2020 at 16:12 | comment | added | Matthew | @DarrelHoffman, I'm still mystified as to why the switch for my living room ceiling fan is in the bathroom. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 19:10 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | Assuming it is indeed a 2-way switch. There might be another switch somewhere - one house I lived in we discovered one of the lights had a second switch which had been stuffed inside the wall and plastered over by a previous occupant. People do all kinds of shady stuff like that. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 4:16 | comment | added | Mark Ransom | Yes a CFL can be kind of flaky, but there's no way it will light up if the switch isn't allowing it to get power. But you're right, changing a 2-way switch is about the simplest electrical DIY project you can get. | |
| Dec 29, 2020 at 16:44 | history | answered | ojait | CC BY-SA 4.0 |