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Keywords: busted light switch lightswitch project 366 project366 shorted You might remember that not that long ago I fitted some LED floodlights to light the path out the cabin. After a month of heavy rain I came down to the kitchen one morning to discover that the lights were on even though they were switched off. That night I isolated it and opened the switch to find it full of water. :( I did my best to dry it but when I powered it up again the lights were flickering showing that we were still getting arcing across the switch. I opened it up again today to see that the switch is indeed in a sorry state so I've moved the cables over to the unused half of the dual gang switch. All is now well, and some drain holes should help prevent a reoccurence, though when I've got more light I'll be up on the ladder to see where the ingress is coming from. You might remember that not that long ago I fitted some LED floodlights to light the path out the cabin. After a month of heavy rain I came down to the kitchen one morning to discover that the lights were on even though they were switched off. That night I isolated it and opened the switch to find it full of water. :( I did my best to dry it but when I powered it up again the lights were flickering showing that we were still getting arcing across the switch. I opened it up again today to see that the switch is indeed in a sorry state so I've moved the cables over to the unused half of the dual gang switch. All is now well, and some drain holes should help prevent a reoccurence, though when I've got more light I'll be up on the ladder to see where the ingress is coming from.
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