"Wade Gattett" wrote in message
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Coincidence- or not?

I had two wall switches fail within a few days of each other.

A heavily-used 40 year old bathroom light switch caused its 20 year old
plain vanilla wall fixture with six LED bulbs to strobe-flash when turned
on. All bulbs (installed sabot a year ago) flashed. New switch fixed it.

One of two occasionally-used 33 year old three-way switches controlling a
ceiling fan in another room also failed- it had to be in the ON position
for the fan to turn, Haven't replaced it yet!

Both are Leviton switches and installed by an electrician during original
construction. Not aware of any electrical surges- all electronic
equipment, etc., working fine.

You wouldnt normally see a surge kill a switch anyway.

Likely it is just a coincidence.