light won't go off

What sorta bothers me about the switch idea is resistance = heat.

K Charles wrote:
Get a new switch.
Unplug the switch and see if the light goes out.

Yep,

Probably the led/light and some resistor to dim/bias the led/light , maybe someone miss wired it some how. So 12vdc on the switch light all the time. thus passing some current to the outside light.

Jim

Sounds like the indicator light and the lamp got wired in series. I would look at the lighted rocker switch wiring.

These are switches that go on when the turned on, so you can tell whether your outside lights are on I expect.

Probably found the culprit-- turns out this camper has an outside touch-sensitive switch on the back of the camper that are apparently notorious for having odd problems. It's a small silver-colored patch that you are supposed to just touch with your finger to turn the light on. (It's not at all obvious, if (like me) you didn't know what it was or what it was supposed to do you'd think it was just an oddly placed reflector) Apparently if the contacts in the touch switch get damp from condensation it can result in this condition. This would help explain the intermittent nature of the problem, we've been having some heavy dew and fog with the arrival of fall weather. Should know before long whether fixing or deleting this feature will fix the problem.

Touch sensitive? Outside? I just gotta order me a 2016 model Ouija Board, for troubleshooting.

I wanna system where I can yell

"LIGHTS! BRIGHTEN!"

"LIGHTS! DIM!"

"LIGHTS! STOP"

"ON LIGHTS! OFF LIGHTS!"

"STOVE! THREE EGGS SCRAMBLED! AND MAKE IT SNAPPY"


Just funnin' :)

That's easy enough-- here you go: http://voccalight.com

(still working on the eggs, I imagine)

Yikes in a house with four granddaughters(!)

What sank me back into this chair vibrating with laughter was the thought of a barking dog at 0300

But your reply made me smile. Thank You!