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 Posted: Wed Jun 22nd, 2016 03:12 am
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 David Hoatson wrote: Andrew Block wrote: I don't have any fans that take this particular switch but I've always wondered how the handle was isolated from the electrical current with the whole thing being metal.
If you wired the neutral to the center of the switch and the hot to the stator, then you should be OK, at least by 1920's standards. Neutral rarely gets above a volt or two.  But if the fan was on, wouldn't the switch handle be live? Not a great thing to try to turn the fan off when you're cold from just getting out of the tub.