First, I'll admit that this is kind of silly, but I'm having a difference with my wife and if there's any chance at all that I can win, I want to!
We used to have a vertical toggle switch in our bathroom that controlled both the lights and the exhaust fan. The fan annoyed my wife so when the switch died recently, I replaced it with two switches in a duplex housing and wired one switch for the lights and the second switch for the fan. The new switches are horizontal so they'll fit into the original circuit box. (Yes, I cautioned my wife to be sure to run the fan when she was showering to exhaust the high humidity.)
Anyway, I positioned the switches so that the toggles were to the left when the switches are OFF, and to the right when they're ON. My wife says that's backwards, that the switches should be to the right for OFF and to the left for ON.
Is there a right and wrong to this? Is there a code or something? Or even a wiring convention (like it is conventional to position vertical switches so they're in the up position for ON)?
I'll appreciate any comments or suggestions.
-Len I