The Phantom light switch

05-17-2005, 09:33 AM	#1
sherlock Member   Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 56	The Phantom light switch After tearing down the wallpaper in the living room of my new house, I discovered a phantom light switch. (Switchplate was clear plastic with slip of wallpaper, so didn't see it until removed the paper). Nothing happened when I turned it on, and upon investigation, it's not hooked up. I have two theories - it's either for a switched outlet, or more likely, for the blower below the fireplace. Problem is, inside the box is 3 pigtailed white wires, and 3 pigtailed black wires. They can't all be for the blower, can they? The other fireplace has a blower, but that switchbox only had one white and one black. How do I proceed? Any suggestions?

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05-17-2005, 11:50 AM	#2
jbfan Electrical Contractor   Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Newnan GA Posts: 5,004	The Phantom light switch My guess would be a hot feed into the switch, a hot feed to another device, and a switch feed to something. __________________ Yes I am a Pirate, 200 years too late. "Jimmy Buffett"