Touch Light Goes Bonkers

[W. Watson]

I have one of those touch lights near our bed. If you touch the rod, it gets
brighter. Touch it enough and it turns off. Lately it's been turning itself on until
it reaches max brightness. Anyone know a cure for it? It doesn't seem to be touching
anything nearby.

--
Wayne T. Watson (The Wizard of Obz, Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet)
-- GMT-8 hr std. time, RJ Rcvr 39° 8' 0" N, 121° 1' 0" W
(Formerly Homo habilis, erectus, heidelbergensis and now sapiens)

"One advantage of being disorderly is that
one is constantly making exciting discoveries"
-A.A. Milne
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[Tom Biasi]

Hi Dubya,
Check for corrosion between the touch parts and AC ground. Loose wire nuts
perhaps; or a failing unit.
Sometimes bugs die near the light and make contact with ground.
Tom

"W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote in message
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I have one of those touch lights near our bed. If you touch the rod, it
gets
brighter. Touch it enough and it turns off. Lately it's been turning
itself on until
it reaches max brightness. Anyone know a cure for it? It doesn't seem to
be touching
anything nearby.

--
Wayne T. Watson (The Wizard of Obz, Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet)
-- GMT-8 hr std. time, RJ Rcvr 39° 8' 0" N, 121° 1' 0" W
(Formerly Homo habilis, erectus, heidelbergensis and now
sapiens)

"One advantage of being disorderly is that
one is constantly making exciting discoveries"
-A.A. Milne
Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews

 

[Lou]

Some one near you could be using a transmitter as well, that may be causing
it. If I recall correctly, there is "a" type of filtering you can use to
cure it. You would have to find an ARRL RF Interference Handbook to see what
it calls for.

Lou

"Tom Biasi" <tombiasi@REMOVE_THISoptonline.net> wrote in message
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Hi Dubya,
Check for corrosion between the touch parts and AC ground. Loose wire nuts
perhaps; or a failing unit.
Sometimes bugs die near the light and make contact with ground.
Tom

"W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote in message
news:IrAFc.3644$R36.1248@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
I have one of those touch lights near our bed. If you touch the rod, it
gets
brighter. Touch it enough and it turns off. Lately it's been turning
itself on until
it reaches max brightness. Anyone know a cure for it? It doesn't seem to
be touching
anything nearby.

--
Wayne T. Watson (The Wizard of Obz, Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet)
-- GMT-8 hr std. time, RJ Rcvr 39° 8' 0" N, 121° 1' 0"
W
(Formerly Homo habilis, erectus, heidelbergensis and now
sapiens)

"One advantage of being disorderly is that
one is constantly making exciting discoveries"
-A.A. Milne
Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews