posted by Popular Ethics at 9:15 PM on September 7, 2006 . Show More. Unplug the lamp. Touch Sensitive Switch Turning Itself On: RonB: 5/5/11 6:19 PM: About five years ago I built a curio cabinet for my wife with two internal puck lamps. I found that the wire between and RF choke and the input to the IC chip needs to be as short as possible. 7.9) Touch lamps and RF interference. Kizerk Well-Known Member. The lamp has 3 settings (low,medium and bright ) and in order to get to the bright you need to tap it three times and you can see how it changes from very dim to dim to bright. My wife has just bought two of these "Touch Lamps" for the bedroom. Devices & Integrations. There is no direct solution to the problem of the LED lamp turning itself OFF. Sometimes will stay off for a while, and then turns itself back on. Sometimes it will just stay off once it turns itself off. I had a pair of touch-on table lamps that would either turn on or turn off everytime my cordless phone rang. Again, the socket no longer works at all. Brighten up your décor with this unique lamp that features beautiful blue butterflies and flowers. We called it the poltergeist switch. So I swapped the first socket with the poltergeist socket. I’ve used an extension cord on outlets on different breaker. Lamp switches can be kind of a pain—either you can't reach them comfortably, they break within a few months, or they just take a lot of force. For the light switch, you can either press the light button to turn on/off, or else you can keep your finger on the light button to have it go from dim to bright and vice-versa. Turned Table Lamp Touch Control - Pillowfort™ Pillowfort only at target ¬ 4 out of 5 stars with 133 reviews. They have three different settings low moderate and high and back to off. 17.25" Modern Metal Table Lamp with Touch Sensor White - Ore International. A touch lamp utilizes a sensor that lets you turn the lamp on or off with the touch of your hand. Category: Electrical. Answered in 5 minutes by: 7/11/2014. Category: Electrical. Light has three brightness levels that are controlled simply by touching the base. Mar 21, 2006 Ratings: +149,731 / 2,406 / -752. mine did it one time I promptly gathered my shit and went to sleep in the living room I didn't go back in my room for about a week Thanks x 2; May 23, 2010 #7. Share this conversation. It worked for a few weeks but then that bulb blew. 9 1/4"Dia. Store technician came out and said there’s an issue with our outlet. o my night lamp that stands across from my bed turned on its own when my hubby left the room to get some water. It takes more electrons to fill you and the lamp, and the circuit detects that difference. Sin Verguenza BigTFromTheGroupHome. You can also use dimmer sockets that screw into the lamp's light bulb socket. Submitted: 5 years ago. This means that if a circuit tried to charge the lamp with electrons, it would take a certain number to “fill it.” When you touch the lamp, your body adds to its capacity. Weird issue we got this morning - we have a set of ceiling lights that are connected to a dimmer (GE Zwave) - and this morning even when the switch is off, one light keeps switching on and off - as if it was pulsating - off and on, off and on. It can be more difficult to repair a touch lamp because you must disassemble it befor replacing any parts. Every once in a while it will power itself on and off repeatedly over the period of a few minutes, even though it isn't being touched. Touch-sensitive lamps almost always use a fourth property of the human body -- its capacitance. Hi All, I had a weird thing happen last night and it freaked my wife out a bit. 38,627 1,035. Stack Exchange network consists of 176 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. So I had to remove it from that lamp. Show Less. Touch lamps work by measuring the change in capacitance that is caused by contact with the human body. The lamp, when standing by itself on a table, has a certain capacitance. Choose options. The lamp, when standing by itself on a table, has a certain capacitance. We turn on the LED light and after a while it turns off and then goes back on and th... Stack Exchange Network. If it stays at your bedside or the process works in reverse you may have a slight wiring connection problem. $34.99 - $39.99. Touch Sensitive Switch Turning Itself On Showing 1-11 of 11 messages. Those things are just twitchy. If not, It's the lamp. You can do it by following these steps. Can you touch the floor lamp and turn on the bedside lamp? Furniture store actually replaced the entire cabinet. They are usually just a 2 part plastic box, that unclips to reveal a small circuit board, with a small chip, and the THYRISTOR on it. This lamp was purchased at a local discount store here in town, so after deciding that I was not going crazy I took it back to the store and exchanged it for another one. Ore International. They only turn themselves on at night. A touch lamp can also interfere with other electronic items, such as a radio or TV, changing the picture on a TV. I have a lamp with that in my living room, and it used to constantly turn on spontaneously. Visit Stack Exchange. If it doesn't work in reverse, switch the touch sensors if you can. If you are confident with soldering and general electrical work, this CAN be fixed, provided the electronic unit that contains this part is not sealed with a potting compound. AssuredElectrical, Master Electrician. 40% off Pillowfort. How is this happening???? When it turns itself on it goes straight on and stays there - the brightness isn’t adjusted in any way. If you have power surges (spikes) in your AC power in your house, this could trigger the electronic switch to think that someone is touching it, turning on the lamp. You don't have ghosts. If not you may have slightly defective module at the bedside table. A touch control lamp can sometimes turn on by itself. It even turns … Once you have screwed in the socket, you can add a light bulb. Finally, touch the lamp to turn it on and be sure it is working. If heat is the problem, then try and have a cooling arrangement. what kind of electrical issue would cause a touch lamp and a TV to turn on by itself? The other solution is to isolate the LED lamps from the main circuit so that any spikes or drops in the voltage do not affect these bulbs. A good powerbar with surge protection is recommended to prevent power surges/overheating and interference. How to Troubleshoot a Touch Lamp. Glass and iron. The elegant design features gracefully sweeping glass panels atop a gold-toned, touch-sensitive base. Could it be caused by faulty wiring in my house shorting out???? x 13 3/4"H. If it turns on, vacate the premises. Anyway, we have no pets that might touch or bump the lamps. 5. When I put in a new bulb the touch feature no longer works. The other strange part is that I can sit in the living room after dark for two or three hours and neither lamp will turn itself on. Something in the base station's transmitter caused the lights to cycle. On at least two occasions they have switched themselves on during the night when no human touch or anything else … In addition, there are dimmer sockets that plug into the wall. Ask Your Own Electrical Question. The LED light bulbs are designed and made to last for a long time. 133 +2 options. Thanks x 3; May 23, 2010 #6. Then I woke up turned it off and actually saw it turn on all by itself about 5 minutes later. You know the lamps where you touch the metal and it turns on. A touch lamp operates seemingly by magic; simply touch any piece of metal on the lamp, and the lamp comes on. Just spent two hours fixing interference to a touch lamp--it was fine at 75 watts, but 80 to 100 watts on 80M would occasionally turn on the lamp. That did not do the trick. This change causes an electronic switch to activate, turning on the lamp. And it only happens when at night and when Im in the room. It was 5.55 am. This is how my switch works exactly. While many people swear by touch lamps, nearly as many swear at them since in addition to frequent failures (bulb burn-outs killing the triac, for example), they can also be tempermental, cycling through their brightness settings and/or turning on or off due to static electricity, power line transients causing RFI, and stray pickup from the local ham rig. I solved my problem by getting a different type of cordless phone. Discussion in 'Electricians' Talk' started by pappyon, Nov 3, 2006. pappyon New Member. Then the light bulb blew on the first one. How to Repair a Touch Lamp. The word "capacitance" has as its root the word "capacity" -- capacitance is the capacity an object has to hold electrons. I have multiple z-wave dimmers around the house all connected to a SmartThings 2.0 Linear WD500Z Z-Wave Dimmers. If the problem follows the module you have a module problem. SATCO 90/2428 Low-Med-Hi-Off Touch Switch Plastic Outer Shell. Ghost Touch Lamps switch on during the night. 4.2 out of 5 stars with 5 reviews. I have a bedside lamp that you can turn on and off by touching the metal base. ELI5: Why does my touch lamp sometimes turn itself on and off? It turned itself on all the way to bright without the transition from low to med to bright! $44.99. My little sister's bedside touch light used to turn on every time we got a phone call. Touch switch that came with new cabinet behaves exactly the same. The lamp would turn itself on by itself. Light connected to Dimmer switch keeps turning on and off. The touch circuit/part is getting power since the lamp turns on when connected to an outlet, but it won't dim or turn off by the sensor. Electrician: AssuredElectrical, Master Electrician replied 5 years ago. I've had touch-on lights cycle on/off when using the vacuum cleaner or a paper shredder. No switches..... Im sleeping and I keep noticing that its turning on by itself. This never happened at the other house in which we lived for over a year. The lamps are controlled by a small, round, dome shaped touch switch on the back of the cabinet. Unfortunately, I don't have my multimeter here right now so I can't measure the voltage directly at the sensor circuit board, but since the lamp gets current, I'm quite sure there is a problem with the sensor board. Fix a touch lamp by following this straight forward guide. One 40-watt bulb required (not incl.). 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