You flick the light on. No, wait...that's the wrong light. Frustrated, you turn that light switch off and then turn on the actual light you wanted. No matter how many times you use the light switch, you always seem to hit the wrong one more often. Why is that?
Consider...
Paying careful attention to and explicitly specifying your light switch positions and number of switches per gang plate in your electrical/lighting plan. To minimise confusion and counter-intuitive light switch configurations:
- Avoid controlling a single light with two separate light switches.
- Don't place lots of switches into a single gang plate. Use multiple gang plates to logically group sets of switches instead.
- Take into account where you are most likely to be in a room when it occurs to you to turn a light on - then position the relevant light switches near this location.