Capping off light switch.
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Mikey
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This must be a 3-way switch. Are you saying you don't need the light anymore, or that you don't need to switch it from 2 places anymore?
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I don't need the light anymore. I think i figured out that one of the blacks comes form the light fixture, and the other two are the circuit. I grouped all three blacks together and capped them off and the house is still standing, so I guess it's ok.
Bob NH
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You're lucky!
You almost certainly have an unused hot wire running somewhere. If it had created a short it would probably have tripped the breaker before it started a fire.
If someone ever has to go into that light outlet they will probably find a hot wire and will have no idea how to turn it off.
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As long as everything is securely capped off and the j boxes are covered you are ok.
Do NOT bury the switch box behing plaster/drywall etc. Someday, someone may ve looking for that connection you made.
Do NOT bury the switch box behing plaster/drywall etc. Someday, someone may ve looking for that connection you made.
I would cap off each black wire, individually, in each box so if some home owner in the future try's to reconnect the circuit and doesn't know the other end blacks are all together he won't end up with a dead short in his face.
Once each wire is capped off, then replace the 2 switch plates with 2 solid cover plates and you are done.
Once each wire is capped off, then replace the 2 switch plates with 2 solid cover plates and you are done.
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Frenchie
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What she said.
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