My daughter just moved into a house that has two separate wall outlets located on each side of her couch that are connected to a light switch. It is obviously designed to be able to turn on/off two lamps each plugged into the top outlet of each wall outlet with the switch. Normally, the bottom plugs on each is always on, but in this case when you turn the switch on for the lights to come on, the bottom outlets both turn off. When you turn the switch off, the lamps go off and bottom outlets come on. This is driving her crazy because she has a powered recliner and her laptop plugged into the bottom plug on each outlet. This creates the following issue:
At night when she turns the switch on to turn on her lamps, she can't recline the couch and her laptop dies when the battery runs out.
I don't think this any type of wiring situation someone would do on purpose. What is going on here and is this an easy fix?
At night when she turns the switch on to turn on her lamps, she can't recline the couch and her laptop dies when the battery runs out.
I don't think this any type of wiring situation someone would do on purpose. What is going on here and is this an easy fix?