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    Sep 4, 2008, 08:13 PM
    HK, it appears that someone ran a cable from the ceiling fan to the OUTLET using ground as neutral.
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    Sep 4, 2008, 11:22 PM
    I think we will have to wait for Mark to tell us. Can't tell what the person that wired it did, toooo weird.
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    Sep 4, 2008, 11:36 PM
    You think that's weird, check the other thread where they wired the DPDT reverse switch into the wall.

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