Mystery Switch

[Sorta-handy]

My wife and I moved into a home last year. The previous owners had done a little bit of updating, specifically in the master bedroom. The strangest thing, though. We had a group of three switches on the wall when you first come into the room. One switch controls an outlet, one switch sends power to the ceiling fan (which operates on a wireless remote) and the third one is a mystery. It certainly has electricity going to it - I checked it with a volt detector.

We've been going nuts trying to figure out what this switch does.

I even tried calling the previous owner - with no luck.

I had an electrician in for a different job a while back and before he left, I asked him about what he thought it might be. He said that it might have controlled a light that was attached to an older ceiling fan that was in place before the new one was put in.

Any thoughts?

[HayZee518]

about the only thing you can try is get a circuit tracer made by the IDEAL co. it imparts a tone on a wire which you trace with a receiver. if you have access to an attic above the room you can try to figure out where the wire goes if you have access to the floor or rafters.