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Task · part of 4. Electrical: choose two of four

4(c). Install a single-pole light switch

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This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Requirement 4: which TWO of the four?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

Work on a house circuit inside a wall box. Switch off at the breaker and confirm the circuit is actually dead first: a wall switch being off does not mean the wiring behind it is.

Where this step comes from

  1. Home Repairs Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 4(c)

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