In article , jim says...

But of course:

Well. That ascii art didn't work out at all. But the
essence of the explaination is correct:

They put the pilot light between the two poles of the switch.
Interestingly the tiny bit of current that flows when the
light is 'on' is due to the exact stray capacitence that
started this thread!

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