dpb wrote:
wrote:
Okay, all breakers appear to function correctly - Power when ON, no
power when OFF. So I looked at the switch, and it looks like all
there might be two circuits connected together right then and there.
The box actually has two switches, which are on different circuits,
but the hots, neutrals, and grounds are bound together.
How can you have "different circuits" if "the hots, neutrals, and
grounds are bound together"? If that is really true, then you have a
problem that needs to be fixed.
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I expect that it started out as or was intended to be two switches in
the box, each fed from a separate circuit (on the same leg by
coincidence) and each feeding separate sets of lights, but either the
new guy who installed the switches after the rough in, or someone later
got confused and thought the second feed was outbound, not inbound and
tied it to the other feed. If the OP has them separate now the problem
should be fixed.