Re: Touch Lamp Is Erratic

On Mon, 14 May 2007 04:43:41 +0000, W. Watson wrote:

Well, I guessed wrong. It's the matchbox type with wires. However, I have
not bought a replacement unit. It may be as someone said above that it is
dependent upon some SW signal around here. Oh, well, maybe I'll put a switch
in it life we did for my wife's.


If you use a push-on, push-off switch, you can maintain that "touch on,
touch-off" feeling. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

PS: Bottom-posting is the norm here.

W. Watson wrote:
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.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

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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