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The UK and many ex-colonies that also maintain plug/outlet switches seem to generally use down for on, while the US/Canada/Central Europe often use up for on.
by vinay427 4y ago
The UK and many ex-colonies that also maintain plug/outlet switches seem to generally use down for on, while the US/Canada/Central Europe often use up for on.
Especially annoying are the posh toggles, unnecessarily popular in some European countries (e.g. CH) that don’t have any physical indicator of on-off status.
- michaelscott 4y agoThe lack of any affordance whatsoever on buttons, switches and appliances in Switzerland drives me absolutely insane
- Digit-Al 4y agoThis becomes confounded if you have multiple switches for the same light though.
- scotty79 4y agoMaybe they should be installed sideways.
- kortex 4y agoHere in USA, single-gang switches have "on" and "off" embossed on the switch, so the state is shown based on the position (oriented up is on). Multi-gang switches have no embossing.
- vinay427 4y agoIt’s fine for multi-way switches, and probably even better than confounded switches, but as I mentioned they’re unnecessarily common which in this case means that they’re often used (at least in some settings in CH) for single-switch setups as well. For instance, my apartment had around 8-10 push switches of this type, with only 1 that was a three-way switch.