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Is it possible for a power surge to trip a toggle light switch from the upright off position to the downwards on position?
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∙ 13y ago
No, and by the way the switch you have is in the upside down position. The light switch should be in the up position when on and in the off position when down. If the switch is that loose change it out as the internal contacts are becoming loose and soon arcing will become apparent when you use it.
The other possibility is that the switch in question is part of a multi switch arrangement whereby two switches control the same light. Since you didn't mention the possibility in your question maybe someone just turned on the switch from another location. I had this similar situation recently when a home owner was experiencing strange circumstances with lights not turning off or on correctly on rare occasion. Turns out 3-way switch was wired incorrectly. If your switch truly changed positions by itself then Woodman66 is 100% correct. Just make sure you don't have a phantom problem. In another similar case a house was mis-wired and had two breakers feeding the same light. Note one way to identify a 3-way switch is that it doesn't have on or off identified on the toggle switch.
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