Thread: Seen this switch before?

This was replacing a light switch, but it didn't work at all. Any idea what it is supposed to do? I couldn't get it to open, nor could I get the cover off of the thing.

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No hammer Jim????

Originally Posted by Jim Robinson

This was replacing a light switch, but it didn't work at all. Any idea what it is supposed to do? I couldn't get it to open, nor could I get the cover off of the thing.

Get a kid to show you how to open it! It's "child proof"

My guess is it is one of two things.

- A cover to keep the switch from being switched and the cover opens via that tab on the left.

- That is one of those tap-on, tap-off, tap-and-hold dimmers which, when you hold a finger on them, cycles up and down brighter to dimmer and back to brighter.

Originally Posted by fritzkelly

Looks like a central vac outlet to me.

Could be, but then it would not (at least not likely) be mounted up high like a switch is.

The switch on the left pushed straight across to the right. It was labeled "on" and "off". I figured some type of touch dimmer also. The light bulb could have been burnt out in the fixture. I thought maybe someone had seen one like it during one of their inspections. It sure seemed like the middle panel was supposed to open, but it wouldn't for me.