I never have seen the dial kind, but we had a couple of these kind when I was growing up. But that house still had gas lamp pipes sticking out of the walls, capped of course. My mom may still use one, hold on.... yep, one is still working in the middle bedroom.
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, 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. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lee A. Stone > To: Blind Handyman > Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 2:23 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] trivia question-light switches > > > > > > > > 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 > > -- > In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without > the supervision of a licensed engineer. > . > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
