Movement help: My bathroom light switch flips up to the on position without anyone touching it.

Shakeybritches

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My bathroom light switch flips up to the on position without anyone touching it.

Any serious explanations without the mumbo jumbo? Has this happened to anyone else here? Thanks!

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Time Traveller 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (2 minutes after post)

My car locks and unlocks itself. Maybe it’s some kind of electrical surge?

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THE INTERNET 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (5 minutes after post)

who you gonna call?
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Shakeybritches 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (8 minutes after post)

pickle chip wrote:
My car locks and unlocks itself. Maybe it’s some kind of electrical surge?

Thanks, but the switch actually moves up without touching it

SITNALTA wrote:
who you gonna call?
ghostbusters

Thanks Sit, but it really happens and there is an explanation for it, just looking….lol.

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Time Traveller 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (12 minutes after post)

Maybe a mouse or someone in your house is doing it.

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Sans 57 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (14 minutes after post)

Try replacing the switch. I once had a light switch that was faulty, and you had to put more pressure down than up to operate it.

Shakeybritches 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (19 minutes after post)

pickle chip wrote:
Maybe a mouse or someone in your house is doing it.

My wife was only a foot or two away when it did it the second time, no mouse, but thank you.

Sans wrote:
Try replacing the switch. I once had a light switch that was faulty, and you had to put more pressure down than up to operate it.

Thanks Sans, I have checked the pressure earlier, and it does take less pressure to turn on than off, but so do many of the switches. I thought also that it may only be halfway cut off, well before this last incident it was only half way off so I turned it off completely and it came on a short time later.

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king_sik 6 #
Leonardtown, MD, US | 6 months ago (25 minutes after post)

Had the same thing happen to me. Freaked me out big. Just get a new one. Fixed everything.

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Shakeybritches 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (30 minutes after post)

king_sik wrote:
Had the same thing happen to me. Freaked me out big. Just get a new one. Fixed everything.

I intend to replace it, just very curious as to how it manages to flip up.

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Aries 3 #
An Unknown Location | 6 months ago (30 minutes after post)

I’m not being funny here, Shakey. Mice do live in walls and can wreak havoc. I’ve had them chew through the wiring clean through on one of our sockets.

king_sik 6 #
Leonardtown, MD, US | 6 months ago (33 minutes after post)

I have no idea. It could be the pull of the chords. Thats what it was with me. I built in my basement, and the electrical wires were short. It was pulling the switch up.

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Shakeybritches 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (39 minutes after post)

Aries wrote:
I’m not being funny here, Shakey. Mice do live in walls and can wreak havoc. I’ve had them chew through the wiring clean through on one of our sockets.

I believe it Aries, but this has happened 3 times and I have just checked behind the face plate and there is no sign of anything being in there. Before I change the switch, I want to do a little experimenting to see what could be causing it. To my knowledge there is no way turn on a switch other than flipping it, however I have heard of power surges doing some weird stuff. Thanks

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Shakeybritches 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (48 minutes after post)

king_sik wrote:
I have no idea. It could be the pull of the chords. Thats what it was with me. I built in my basement, and the electrical wires were short. It was pulling the switch up.

Thank you, I looked inside the box and everything looks good, tomorrow I will probably take it out and look closer. The wires can’t actually flip the switch to my knowledge, because it will pull on the screws and not the handle its self.

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THE INTERNET 8 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (17 hours, 29 minutes after post)

Shakeybritches wrote:

pickle chip wrote:
My car locks and unlocks itself. Maybe it’s some kind of electrical surge?

Thanks, but the switch actually moves up without touching it

SITNALTA wrote:
who you gonna call?
ghostbusters

Thanks Sit, but it really happens and there is an explanation for it, just looking….lol.

i dont know what i really is that is doing it XD

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Shakeybritches 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (20 hours, 36 minutes after post)

Thank you Sitnalta, I just wish the dang dishes would get done by themselves lol, thanks. Shakey

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pawsmusicpro #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 1 week ago (1 month, 4 weeks after post)

I have the same problem - a switch in the basement has started to go ON by itself - I turn it off, go upstairs - an hour later I come down and the light is on and the switch is UP!

Much as I’d like to believe I might have a friendly ghost here, I have enough scientific knowledge to know that there is probably a practical explanation. Anyone know any more about this?

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Shakeybritches 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 months, 1 week ago (1 month, 4 weeks after post)

I agree pawsmusicpro. So what does your scientific knowledge tell you about why it does it?

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