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There is no single toggle switch plate for a double gang box? MiamiCuse 11-18-2007
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Posted by Dave Martindale on November 19, 2007, 3:58 pm
> You could also just add a new switch. Just don't connect it to
>anything. It will confuse many people and give you hours of fun watching
>them.

Or install two three-way switches wired so that both switches control
the light. That way, there's no "wrong" switch, but anyone trying to
figure out what both switches control will get a surprise.

        Dave

AppliancePartsPros.com, Inc.
Posted by MiamiCuse on November 19, 2007, 10:24 pm
I cannot because the existing switch is in the middle, not off to one side.
Thanks,

MC

> You could also just add a new switch. Just don't connect it to
> anything. It will confuse many people and give you hours of fun watching
> them.
>
>> I have an exterior brick wall with a metal double gang box (why I don't
>> know). It has a square metal cover plate (one that is made of the same
>> material as the box itself). However, all the other switch covers around
>> that wall are white so I am trying to find one but I searched and
>> searched and finally concluded they don't make a single toggle swicth for
>> a double gang box? or was I looking in the wrong place? There has to be
>> one somewhere?
>>
>> MC
>>
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia 's Muire duit
>
>
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