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Switching on something (past tense switched on)

The switching on and switching off actions are for the simplest kind of machinery operation: they are for objects representing machines (or more likely parts of machines), which are considered to be either off or on at any given time.

The actions are intended to be used where the noun is a device, but in fact they could work just as well with any kind which can be 'switched on' or 'switched off'.

Typed commands leading to this action

    "turn [something] on"
    "turn on [something]"
    "switch [something]"
    "switch on [something]"
    "switch [something] on"

Rules controlling this action

    check        an actor switching on  can't switch on unless switchable rule
    check        an actor switching on  can't switch on what's already on rule
    carry out    an actor switching on  standard switching on rule
    report        an actor switching on  standard report switching on rule