Mystery bathroom switch

I've lived in this house for 30 years. The house was built in 42.

There is a mystery light switch in my kitchen. I'm not sure what it does. I removed the cover once and the wires leading to it were kinda funny. One answer I got from an old timer was that they were low voltage wires that lead to a relay that would turn the outside light on the farm power pole on and off. That way the light did not have to be illuminated all night long wasting electricity for no reason.

I also have round shaped mark fairly high up on the kitchen wall. There is a small hole in the middle of the mark and when I look in the hole I see those funny wires again.

A old timer tells me that this was a built in clock with a timer on it that would turn on and off the house water heater at certain times of the day. That way it did not have to be on all the time wasting electricity.

Wasn't it great how out ancestors knew how to conserve things !!!

To bad we can't do something "similar" to things like that these days.

dahkota wrote:
Turn on the fan then flip the switch. That is how ours was wired...

X2 We leave the switch located on the vent fan itself in the "on" position. Easier to reach the wall switch than the ceiling switch to activate the vent fan.

In our class A we have a switch that turns on the gas for the water heater with a tiny little light in it that lights up if the pilot fails to light. There is another for the water pump.

Billzo wrote:

Billzo wrote:
Interesting question, I have almost the exact same scenario. One switch controls the vanity lights over the medicine cabinet, the other??? No mention of it in the manuals either.

Mystery solved, for me anyway. It controlled the FreshAire fan. We've been camping mostly in the colder months so we hadn't experienced a need to run the fan.

Thanks for letting us know you found a solution to your mystery anyway.

Billzo wrote:
Interesting question, I have almost the exact same scenario. One switch controls the vanity lights over the medicine cabinet, the other??? No mention of it in the manuals either.

Mystery solved, for me anyway. It controlled the FreshAire fan. We've been camping mostly in the colder months so we hadn't experienced a need to run the fan.

Thanks for the followup. Be sure to let us know if and when you find the answer.

Happy Camping.

Well the rig is at the shop for dry rot repairs so we may never know but as far as I can tell there is no night light in the bathroom, I do not have heated tanks, it does not effect the water heater or the water pump and there does not appear to be any power going to it. I have a driver side spot light but it is operated from the main controle panel.

I called Warrior Lifestyles and they said to send them a picture of it. I dont have much faith that will help but when it gets back I will follow up with them. For now I will just assume it is for an option i dont have on my trailer.
Eric

Outside spot light?

Did you find out what the switch is for????

Quit playing with the darn switch! My lights keep going on and off. :W