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The distance from the switch to the outlet is about 15 feet. There's currently nothing plugged into the outlet, so there shouldn't be any, uh, flux(?), to cause induction, right? I mean, effectively, it's all open circuits.


Keep in mind that all of this is happening in the middle of a potentially long run of a single 15A (or 20A) circuit from the main panel. So something several outlets downstream could still be drawing current, which might then allow for some induction between conductors.

But I don't really believe that theory. And I'm just a software geek who once rewired his house.

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