[BC] Attack of the Demon Dimmers

[khcs@juno.com]

Bernie observed:

>i had a dorm room that had this "problem", and the suspect 
outlet
happened to be right where i wanted to put a refrigerator...needless
to say after i moved out of that room there was a switch on the wall
that said "switched outlet" but yet for some strange reason didn't
seem to control anything ;-)

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Did you try both outlets?  It is common to wire the switch to the top outlet and have the bottom outlet on all the time.  At least, all of the switched outlets are set up that way in my home.  


Glen Kippel
KHCS
Palm Desert, CA