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Wed 23 Jul, 2014 04:34 pm
It's an electronic switch in the form of disk placed for instance in a lamp socket to alternately turn the bulb on or off. That is, with every other application of power the lamp stays off
It might be used to independently control two different appliances from a single toggle switch. For instance you have two lamps (or banks, say in separate rooms) presently controlled by the same switch but want only one to be on at any time
Or you have a fan with attached light but you don't always want the bulb to be on when the fan is going. This gadget would make it unnecessary to unscrew the bulb each such time
…..and lazy or incompetent (like me) you're of course reluctant to tear up or bore holes in the walls or timber to add wiring or install new switches
In a little more elaborate system the disk might instead be remotely controlled by radio signal
Anyhow I'd like to know what this gadget is called
…if indeed any such thing exists
Thanks fellas
@bobsal u1553115,
Aha
Thank you Bob
Still wondering however…..
@dalehileman,
When I googled "electronic disk lamp socket switch", your thread was numero uno up, Dale.
But googling"electronic disk lamp socket" seemed to bring up the most likely stuff to answer your question.
@dalehileman,
We have several versions of these from QVC in our house. It might fit the problem you are trying to solve.
We use them for remotely turning on lights in the bedrooms from the living room rather than stumbling around in the dark. We also use them for remotely turning on the lamps in the living room at dusk.
I use one in my bedroom for turning on and off a window fan, and also the television set and light while in my bed. You can have several in the house and the signals do not cross.
http://www.qvc.com/Globe-Electric-Indoor-Wireless-Set-of-3-Remote-Control-Outlets.product.V32278.html?sc=V32278-ISRC
Quote:Includes one remote control transmitter with one A23G battery and three outlet receivers
Works through doors, floors, and walls with a range of up to 80'
Pre-coded for easy out-of-the-box operation
Approximate measurements: Remote control transmitter 4-1/4"L x 1-5/8"W x 3/4"D; Receivers 3-1/8"L x 2-1/8"W x 1-5/8"D
The receiver plugs into a wall outlet
And the device you want to operate plugs into the receiver.
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@Jameswilson,
No one is required to reply when they have nothing to say. You don't seem to.
@Butrflynet,
Thank you But, intriguing if not quite what I was looking for
….which indeed might yet not exist
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