Hi, I have two of these double switches in my home. I only allow one of the switches from each set to be used. I put a solid cover over the other one. Then I can easily tell by the switch position whither the lights are on. Betsy
At 09:23 AM 1/16/2007, you wrote: >Do you have 2 switches on this light? If so and I am assuming so. Find out >if when the lights are out if the 2 switches are in the same position or in >the opasit position. For example if one is up and the other is down when the >light is out then it would stay out if you switched both switches and they >would both still be in opasit positions. If on the other hand they are in >the same position the light would be off regardless if they were both up or >if they were both down. You can have some one sighted help you with this. Of >cource this means that you would have to check both switches each time but >it would work and you would not be out a dime. >If you have 3 switches then I don't know what you would do in that case. >If any one on this list sees that this would not work please correct me. My >sight is failing fast and I my self may need to use this some day. > >-----Original Message----- >From: ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Rob Monitor >Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:05 PM >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] lights on or off > >Hi, Why don't you get one of the light sockets that screws into the light >socket that has plugs in it then plug a radio into it leave it on just >enough so you can hear it.. >----- Original Message ----- >From: Lenny McHugh >To: Handyman-Blind >Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:53 AM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] lights on or off > >Hi All, >I am looking for a simple solution to the problem of knowing if the basement >lights are on or off. >Some days I can detect if the light is on but not all of the time. >Years ago I had a neat smoke detector that screwed into a light socket and >the bulb then screwed into this detector. The unit had rechargeable >batteries. Whenever you turned on the light the unit would beep letting you >know it was charging. I haven't seen any of them in years. Is there some >alarm that will beep when the lights are turned on? > >Lenny ><http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/>http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ ><http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
