Talk:Light switch

message: Someone include diagram of lamp switch diagrams.  The twist knob and push type switch are not covered anywhere.--68.91.95.151 (talk) 05:34, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The twist knob (see this picture) has been commonly used in the past in The Netherlands, and probably in many European countries. It has to be covered in this article. Deresser (talk) 11:52, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lamp switch types 

message: Has anyone else noticed that the best way to get an article expanded is to list it for vfd?  How Ironic. (and apologies for listing it for vfd, I really didn't see any more scope).RJFJR 02:29, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It feels nice to be able to add any old thing to expand the article, knowing it can be cleaned later if it passes VfD.  --Dbenbenn 02:44, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: VFD

message: Dimmers do not currently use a variable resistor, they are too inefficient in terms of power because they are basically throwing away some of the energy (as heat) that would have been used for producing light.   We should perhaps include something on making sure the dimmer used is rated for the power requirement (usually the problem is you can't use a light dimmer to dim a fan without it burning out). RJFJR 02:25, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for correcting me; I never knew that.  --Dbenbenn 02:44, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The article at dimmer is really about the kind of lighting controls used in theatrical performances, but it has some nice information on how dimmers work. RJFJR 03:05, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah i've tried to generalise it a bit. Ofc professional (theartical and similar) dimmers still dominate the article as there is far more to be said about them than the little domestic units. Plugwash 01:12, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Dimmers

message: In the U. S. up is on, down is off.
My recollection is that in the 1950s when I visited England, up was off and down was on, and I think this was generally true. I have a query in at Talk:American_and_British_English_differences asking if this is still current (pun unintentional).
*US Survival Tips for Aussies says "Light switches are upside down compared to ours (ie  down is off and up is on)." Apparently Australia follows British custom.
Other countries? Dpbsmith (talk) 01:38, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural question: which position is on, which is off? 

message: For the archived deletion debate related to this article see Talk:Light switch/delete -- Graham  ☺ | Talk 22:13, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Archived deletion debate

message: This page currently concentrates on the United States far far too much. It needs to be expanded to cover international designs like Domestic AC power plugs & sockets Jooler 23:13, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: yep we also need to reconcile somehow with switch which currently has a lot of info on multiway switching, not sure how best to handle the split between switch and lightswitch though. Plugwash 14:45, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Too American

message: On the note of the person above, I suggest moving it to a more appropriate name. The switches the article describes can switch any mains circuit, not just lighting. I'm suggesting Domestic AC electrical switches. Any takers or comments? Thanx 68.39.174.150 04:42, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: i'm in the uk and there is certainly a differnce between a lightswitch which is usually only single pole and rated at 5A or 10A and switches used for most other uses (generally either a 20A double pole switch or a 13A fused connection unit. Plugwash 12:19, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, but it'd be a royal pain to have to have a seperate page for each country that did it differently. Also, the page name I suggest could cover both. If it was organized right, it could cover both kinds in britian, as Domestic AC power plugs & sockets covers both kinds of plugs used there. 68.39.174.150 04:00, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename 

message: The current text is not describing a rocker switch, but some manufacturer's range! I don't know how to re-word it, anyone else care to? I guess it could do with photos too. European ones tend to be quite large, Australian ones quite small and UK ones somewhere in the middle. :) Ziltro 19:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rocker switch 

message: I would like to know more about how 3-way dimmer switches work, especially when two of them are in use for the same lamp (wouldn't the dimmer with the lowest setting win out?).
To start with, "3-way switching" is an American term for 2-way switching, because the TWO (single pole, double throw) switches used have 3 terminals!
One should install only ONE dimmer in such a setup because (with a dimmer at each 'end') the TWO dimmers, effectively, would be in series.  Since a dimmer works by starting conduction at some time after the start of each cycle, if the setup DID work then the dimmer with the lowest setting WOULD 'win'.  However, it may not work at all, since only half the supply voltage would be across each dimmer. Fredquint (talk) 08:46, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  3-way dimmer switches 

message: This is a google patent of the inventers of the Light Switch that was after the two-push button, the one you just flick up and down. Light switch 1916. It was invented by Morris Goldberg, who did not take the fame or the money, and William J. Newton who did. ATC . Talk 01:23, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  More info for the history 

message: Tension kables are marked with red colour. Activated buttons are marked with black, inner frames:
  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kornowski (talk • contribs) 20:16, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Illustration of switches

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