Re: Touch Lamp Is Erratic

I found two different modules at Hope Depot by West Tec or Tec West. One is placed in the socket and the other is about the size of a match box. The latter has two wires coming out of it. I don't think it will work on my lamp. I'll look for the former one in a local h/w store. First, I'll open the lamp later and see if it operates that way.

Ken Fowler wrote:
On 11-May-2007, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"W. Watson" wrote:
It sounds like I should open it up and replace the necessary components.


You can get the whole module at Home depot for less than the cost to
repair. BTW, sometimes they are triggered by two way radios in police
cars or other VHF mobile radios when they are within a block of you.


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It's probably not the module. Touch Sensitive switches are very sensitive to High Frequency radio
signals. You probably have a nearby Amateur Radio or CB Radio Station operating in the middle of
the night. It could also be a two-way mobile radio passing by on the street. I have heard that
there are some bypassing methods and that there are modules with less senstivity. The problem is

that the "Touch" element is an antenna which reacts to the extra signal from your body when you
touch it. Maybe you could wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil.

Ken Fowler

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