Confusing Electric/Lighting Issue
Just got back from a week of camping, cleaned the trailer and parked it on the side. Went out this afternoon to get a few things out and noticed the trailer floodlight on. No biggie, I must of hit the...
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If the light stayed on after the switch is removed and a wire taken off to "open" it for sure, what could be keeping the light on?
If the switch is on the neg side and the outside lamp got water in it to close the neg side with a short? Then taking the switch wire off to open it for sure would not prove the switch is bad or good.
You would have to fix the neg short at the lamp first, then see if the two wire ends for the switch touching or not make the lamp go on and off, then put the switch in and see if it works.
You could test the switch in another location where that location's switch makes its lamp go on and off. Then if the suspect switch makes no difference there, you know it is broken.
If the switch is on the neg side and the outside lamp got water in it to close the neg side with a short? Then taking the switch wire off to open it for sure would not prove the switch is bad or good.
You would have to fix the neg short at the lamp first, then see if the two wire ends for the switch touching or not make the lamp go on and off, then put the switch in and see if it works.
You could test the switch in another location where that location's switch makes its lamp go on and off. Then if the suspect switch makes no difference there, you know it is broken.
