I am trying to work on a light switch in my new house. After turning the power off to the room in question (from the circuit breaker) and unscrewing the plate off the switch, the pen still lights up (faintly) when I touch it to the wires inside the switch. Is this normal?
In addition, get this: I turn the power back on at the breaker, and just for yaks, I touch the pen to the outside screws (the ones that hold the cover plate) and the pen still lights up! There should not be any voltage there, should it?! I mean, I can touch those outside screws and nothing happens!
Dragos (electrical work wannabe newbie)
2007-11-01
04:06:36
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