{"id":4084,"date":"2016-02-04T08:10:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T15:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2016-02-04T08:10:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T15:10:41","slug":"minor-differences-power-sockets-and-light-switches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=4084","title":{"rendered":"Minor Differences: Power Sockets and Light Switches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2016-01-28<\/a>As long time readers may recall<\/a>, we prefer American plugs to British ones. One thing I am less sure about is the relationship between power sockets and what I think of as light switches. I know they don’t need to exclusively be used to turn lights on, but they are most frequently used for this.<\/p>\n

Several of ours seem to turn power sockets on and off. British sockets can be turned off, but the part to turn them off is right on the socket fitting itself, so it’s very obvious which switch turns it off.<\/p>\n

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We actually still have several switches that we don’t know what they do. We noticed this in a few other places on our travels as well, so I wondered if this was a more general American thing I happened to not grow up with. As a result, I’m also not 100% sure what the point is.\u00a0There may be a great one, but mostly I have just found it a bit annoying as I keep turning things I’ve plugged in off when I don’t want them off.<\/p>\n

Check out the video to see if you can resolve my questions:<\/p>\n