3-way not working

This has got to be one of the most anticlimactic threads given the titles's possibilities I have read in a while.
<<<sigh>>>

Maybe some of the elements in your three way bulb are burned out.

What the hell is a "3 way bulb".

A bulb that emits 3 different levels of light, i.e. 40, 60 and 120 watts.

Never seen one of those in Australia.

Caught me by surprise too

I had three way bulbs, got rid of them, we now use LED bulbs with a dimmer switch. LED bulbs last for years and cost pennies comparied to any other light bulb.

We always had them when I was growing up wilso, and I'm 54.

Must be a 'merican thang.

Funny, I never used one after leaving home.

low when watching TV
medium for regular
high for reading.

tsar and morgan.....

you're right though morgan, I guess I switched to dimmer switches.

Do you know I read LED bulbs can last up to twenty years! And they really do cost pennies on your electricity bill compared to other bulbs, but where they get you is the cost of the bulbs. We bought 30 of them and they cost $39.95 EACH!

Probably take a few years before we get our monies worth out of them.