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While the NEC does not specify light switch toggle orientation, there seems to be a general convention among electricians and installers for the toggle switch to be positioned up for "on" and down for "off."



Yes, until you throw a second switch in the same circuit. Then you’ll never know.


In the United States at least. I spent a few years in Australia and it was universally the opposite!




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