I have seen iron filings bridge the contacts and energize a circuit in a
larger wall switch.


"Puckdropper" puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in message
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I've seen some things turn on by themselves, or more likely *not* turn
on. Usually what happened is the switch is either not in a full off
position or defective. The switch not being in a full off position is
difficult on most of the power tools I've used.

Now some of these modern computers... Those stupid things turn on when
power is connected.

Puckdropper
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