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Mon, Apr 5, 10 at 22:27
| I repaired a light fixture on 4-way circuit. When I went to put the fixture back up, I checked the wires with a Fluke volt tic. The tic lights up so I flip a switch and try again. Still light. Huh? So I try a Wiggy. Nothing. Ok, some kind of phantom voltage. As I'm hanging the fixture I brush against the hot wire and get a little zap.
The only thing different here is that the switches are lighted. Do they let some current through? |
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| The Fluke volt tics have a recall notice against them. Turn off the breaker. |
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| Lighted switches will pass voltage. That's how the light works. |
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| "Lighted switches will pass voltage." The standard neon bulb used in lighted switches does not even start to glow until about 90 V. A multi-kilo ohm resistor will be in series with the bulb to limit its power though. |
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