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A friend of ours purchased a new Cabot Cove villa. Right inside the front door there's a group of four switches, three of which are operational. It's not obvious what the fourth switch controls. My guess is that it's a three-way switch intended to control the DR light but either not connected or not connected correctly. Does anyone know in addition to floor plans, if electrical plans for homes in TV are available as a PDF file? I guess we could also look for same model at an open house or call the warranty office.

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A friend of ours purchased a new Cabot Cove villa. Right inside the front door there's a group of four switches, three of which are operational. It's not obvious what the fourth switch controls. My guess is that it's a three-way switch intended to control the DR light but either not connected or not connected correctly. Does anyone know in addition to floor plans, if electrical plans for homes in TV are available as a PDF file? I guess we could also look for same model at an open house or call the warranty office.

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Call the warranty office and they can tell you but it is more fun to discover which switches work on which lights. I know that some of the designers have switches to light the above cabinet area.
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All the plans for newer homes R available for download I posted a link if U do a search.

they include electrical, only thing missing is irrigation
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All the plans for newer homes R available for download I posted a link if U do a search.

they include electrical, only thing missing is irrigation
I found the reference, but no link. I do remember seeing it and tried it out.

Could you please repost the link?

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ours controls two outlets on top of both upper cabinets for any kind of accent lighting....

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gryoung, in our patio villa, those 4 wall switches control the front porch/lanai light, the coach lights outside (beside the garage door), the entrance ceiling light, and the ceiling fan in the lanai. If you don't have that ceiling fan, there is probably a cover plate in the lanai ceiling where they've pre-wired for hanging a fan. That's what the non-functional inside wall switch would be for.

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Found permits and inspections, etc. but what go to for actual plans/prints? Thanks in advance
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Go to county building department. They have all the plans on file. You will be charged per page...not sure how much.
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they R there to download for free
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one of mine is for an outlet on the opposite wall to turn on a table or floor lamp...
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Look on the floor of your living room for an outlet.
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they R there to download for free
Jimbo et al, a million thanks for your directions. I downloaded all of the building plans, incl Electrical in one PDF. It's valuable info to have this in one place for future reference. The fourth swich that appeared to be non-functional, as Bill pointed out actually controlls the coach lights outside the garage--according to the building plans. I suspect my friend missed it when I sent him outside to check. You know the old expression, "If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself."

I knew it didn't control an outlet in the LR\DR because that's the first place I checked.

BTW, I had to use Firefox to on the Building Dept. web site. https://etrakit.sumtercountyfl.gov/eTRAKiT2/Index.aspx

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