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Looks like they (the wires) are inside?

Joe,

"Looks like they (the wires) are inside?"

So what would your call be on allowing this switch 'in' a clothes closet?

You knew I had a reason for asking, right?


Bill

Bill: I have no problem with this type of device and have also intalled many during my career.

Ah, so you remove that shield from the front (prong side) to terminate the wires, right?

"Dead front" is like the U.S. plugs I have here where the wires are attached from the back ??

Here is a dead front device.

Bill, I think you'd like this place www.winchestermysteryhouse.com
I went there when I was about 10 yrs old

Thanks for the pic Joe. That looks like the ones I have.

I guess that would make almost all of our plugs here the dead-front type, although there were some old 2-pin types made in the the past that were wired from the front.

I had some "DIY" closet light switches in this house when I moved into it. Someone had screwed microswitches (roller-arm type) to the door frames and glued thin stips of balsa wood around them to cover the live terminals!

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electure,

That place sure sounds interesting! We'd probably have to get the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew in on this one.

Hey, I thought that Jimmy Stewart invented the Winchester?

Bill

I'm not sure that the different colorations are because of paint (alone). Could some of that be heat damage? I also note that the bulb is one of those tougher -and hotter- halogen types. Could the closed door contact the bulb? I think that heat, and not electric per se, is the main fire hazzard here.
Is this a rental? It almost looks like it was done by someone who didn't plan on staying for long.

While on the subject. What about a switch-controlled receptacle mounted 80" high on the side wall of a pantry with a plug-in fluorescent mounted above the door?