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If you have a light and one switch that controls it what are the light and the switch wired in?
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∙ 11y ago
A light controlled by a switch are necessarily wired in "series", meaning that the electricity must pass through all components if the circuit is to operate correctly, assuming you actually have a source of electricity wired in as well.
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