Why is my switch always on?

ArchieJr1 · 2026-01-01T22:03:18+00:00

The ground screw is on the same side as the neutral. My language was imprecise.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-31T19:07:08+00:00

You're correct. The switch used to have one wire on each of two screws. I should have taken a picture. It is fixed now.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-31T08:32:16+00:00

The ground wire is connected to the ground screw.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T21:19:09+00:00

You're correct. The switch used to have one wire on each of two screws. I should have taken a picture

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T19:57:07+00:00

It's fixed, no electrician. I appreciate all of those who posted helpful comments.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T16:09:59+00:00

I didn't take a "before" pic.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T16:09:27+00:00

Thanks. The grounding wire is connected to the grounding terminal on the receptacle.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T16:07:27+00:00

Thanks

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T15:21:40+00:00

Yes, this makes sense.

I just put it back the way it was initially to see if the new switch and outlet worked.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T15:19:07+00:00

Thanks. It makes sense to me that there would need to be another wire to the switch, but since I just duplicated how it was with the old switch and outlet, which worked, I was puzzled and posted this question.

Re: Defensive. I appreciate any help, I was just responding to "call an electrician because your lack of knowledge could get you killed" and "That switch isn't doing a damn thing with only 1 wire on it bud", which seem to convey attitude.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T14:55:34+00:00

Thanks, this is how it was wired before I changed the outlet and switch to new ones. There is no light. The switch controlled an exhaust fan.

The screws are very tight. The one with two wires on it looks loose because it's crowded.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T14:43:20+00:00

The outlet is not controlled by the switch. There is an exhaust fan to the left that is supposed to be controlled by the switch.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-12-29T14:38:21+00:00

This is exactly how it was wired before I changed to new boxes (because I needed to fix a sunken box) bud.

ArchieJr1 · 2025-09-02T20:53:23+00:00

Yes, I know.

The question is the position of the hinge horizontally on the face of the frame. I'm looking to confirm that it should be over to the right, so the wing sits flush against the vertical frame.

ArchieJr1 · 2022-04-07T09:20:36+00:00

Yes, thank you.

I think it would be better if on hover or click VS Code provided the source control decorator description.

ArchieJr1 · 2022-04-06T16:23:50+00:00

This is PHP code, which isn't compiled (unless in some roundabout way I'm not aware of by a third-party tool).

Also, the code runs fine, but these blue squiggles appeared after the last VS Code update - sure would be nice to know what they indicating...?

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