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Why are light switches upside-down in America?
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January 7th, 2008
In the US, light switches are generally “up” when the light is on, and “down” when the light is off.
Compare this to the rest of the world, where “up” means off and “down” means on. I personally think this makes much more sense (though I’m biased having lived in Australia all my life – are there any Americans who think the same as me about this?).
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