dale in our first house we bought in 75 it had mostly all those kind
of switch's the push buton single and double plat . the other one this
guy has is one my Mom had in her basement or back cellar i remember
you turned it left or right, kind of a round thing If I remember
correctly and both of those places had wiring which was cloth wrapped.
Lee
On Sat, Jun 20,
2009 at 04:04:54PM -0400, Dale Leavens wrote:
> Don't presently know if you can buy old stile switches like that but I have
> one here in this old house which has two push buttons, one for on and one for
> off. I moved it when I replace a three way switch but couldn't throw it away
> so I installed it for the light in the closet of my daughters room. It is the
> only one of it's kind I have ever seen.
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> From: Lee A. Stone
> To: Blind Handyman
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 2:23 PM
> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] trivia question-light switches
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> I'm asking for a sighted guy who is doing some restoration in a old
> house which has light on off switches like our first house. If you are
> old enough you will remember ssome of the first light switches were
> of a push button variety . he says some of them have one button which
> appeared to one time be white in cholor . a soft touch turns the lights
> on or off. and the other kind was more like a dial turning left or
> right. to turn the lights or power on and off. is there a place where
> one can buy these still or can these old switch's be rebuilt?
> thanks.Lee
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