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    As already said: if you're worried about safety, flip the breaker off. Sounds like a bad switch to me, but I'm not sure how common that is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoneyBadger View Post
    Sounds like a bad switch to me, but I'm not sure how common that is.
    When they stab the wires in instead of wrap them around a screw it's really common.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wulf202 View Post
    When they stab the wires in instead of wrap them around a screw it's really common.
    Yeah that makes sense.

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    I hear you, my grandfather was electrocuted when I was a kid and I've always been afraid of electricity, of course, he was strapped to a chair and his head was shaved so he couldn't do much about it.
    True story?
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