4-gang switch boxes

[Little Bill]

Been using them for years.

 

[kwired]

By exterior entrance doors, my opinion is the inside light switch should be the first one you reach. Here's my reasoning:

When coming in, if it's dark, the first switch should be the one that lights where you're going, not where you're leaving.

For inside rooms like dens, living rooms, and bedrooms, main lights, then switched receptacles, then fan light, then fan.

Elsewhere, larger rooms, and commercial spaces, I try to match the switch positions to coincide with the light positions.

That has always been my approach at this. Even at non exterior doorways, first switch closest to the doorway is normally for something in the space you are about to enter.

 

[James L]

That has always been my approach at this. Even at non exterior doorways, first switch closest to the doorway is normally for something in the space you are about to enter.

What if you come from the other direction?

 

[kwired]

What if you come from the other direction?

They magically change positions, I'm that good

I didn't say it always works, especially for interior doorways. But exterior doorways I almost always have an interior light being the closest switch to the door.

 

[sameguy]

I just make the wife go first. You know the old keep them busy I'll go for help trick.