tracyballard
Member
Hello folks, I hope you will bear with me, but my house has some serious electrical problems, and about the only way I can think of to afford to be able to get it fixed is to learn myself. I've decided to learn all I can about household electricity even though I have always avoided it in the past (as a mechanic I'm familiar with 12 volt systems but household systems scare me a bit). I will be asking some basic questions as I go along trying to learn as much as I can, so I hope some people will be able to answer my questions as they have time.
My first question as I go along on this research is trying to understand what's happening with my switch for our patio light. It's a normal on/off switch, where up is on and down is off, but recently it stopped working - the light stays on no matter what position the switch is in. But if you push the switch down past where it normally sits, the light will go off. What issue is causing that to happen? thanks in advance.
My first question as I go along on this research is trying to understand what's happening with my switch for our patio light. It's a normal on/off switch, where up is on and down is off, but recently it stopped working - the light stays on no matter what position the switch is in. But if you push the switch down past where it normally sits, the light will go off. What issue is causing that to happen? thanks in advance.