I have a few of these flat style light switches in my house.
The one in the bathroom went out so I assumed a simple single pole switch would be the ticket. Well, after looking at it, I thought a 3 way was being used, yet this circuit is not a 3 way circuit.
Describing the current switch and hook up;
There are 2 constant 'hot' leads attached to the switch; The upper and lower on the left side of the switch. These leads are not affected by the position of the switch and are always 'hot'.
The lead attached to the lower right hand side of the switch is affected by the switch and sends power when the switch is flipped to the 'On' position.
What the hell kind of switch is this and why does it have 2 constant 'hot' leads attached to it? BTW, all of these switches seem to be wired the same way.