Thanks x 3; May 23, 2010 #6. How to Troubleshoot a Touch Lamp. The lamp would turn itself on by itself. If it turns on, vacate the premises. How to Repair a Touch Lamp. I have a bedside lamp that you can turn on and off by touching the metal base. One 40-watt bulb required (not incl.). And it only happens when at night and when Im in the room. The lamps are controlled by a small, round, dome shaped touch switch on the back of the cabinet. So I swapped the first socket with the poltergeist socket. 5. We called it the poltergeist switch. Touch-sensitive lamps almost always use a fourth property of the human body -- its capacitance. what kind of electrical issue would cause a touch lamp and a TV to turn on by itself? I found that the wire between and RF choke and the input to the IC chip needs to be as short as possible. 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 am posting this message, as I have a touch lamp that comes on by itself and I can not figure out why. Hi All, I had a weird thing happen last night and it freaked my wife out a bit. Light has three brightness levels that are controlled simply by touching the base. The elegant design features gracefully sweeping glass panels atop a gold-toned, touch-sensitive base. Category: Electrical. How is this happening???? 133 +2 options. Ask Your Own Electrical Question. Ore International. On at least two occasions they have switched themselves on during the night when no human touch or anything else … 9 1/4"Dia. Glass and iron. bahree (Amit Bahree) January 10, 2017, 10:20pm #1. I solved my problem by getting a different type of cordless phone. 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. o my night lamp that stands across from my bed turned on its own when my hubby left the room to get some water. 38,627 1,035. 4.2 out of 5 stars with 5 reviews. The lamp, when standing by itself on a table, has a certain capacitance. They only turn themselves on at night. A touch lamp operates seemingly by magic; simply touch any piece of metal on the lamp, and the lamp comes on. Touch switch that came with new cabinet behaves exactly the same. 7.9) Touch lamps and RF interference. Share this conversation. Again, the socket no longer works at all. 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. SATCO 90/2428 Low-Med-Hi-Off Touch Switch Plastic Outer Shell. Store technician came out and said there’s an issue with our outlet. Show More. $44.99. Something in the base station's transmitter caused the lights to cycle. No switches..... Im sleeping and I keep noticing that its turning on by itself. 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. A touch lamp can also interfere with other electronic items, such as a radio or TV, changing the picture on a TV. My little sister's bedside touch light used to turn on every time we got a phone call. It worked for a few weeks but then that bulb blew. 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. Visit Stack Exchange. AssuredElectrical, Master Electrician. The LED light bulbs are designed and made to last for a long time. There is no direct solution to the problem of the LED lamp turning itself OFF. 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. 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. If the problem follows the module you have a module problem. 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. Fix a touch lamp by following this straight forward guide. If it doesn't work in reverse, switch the touch sensors if you can. I've had touch-on lights cycle on/off when using the vacuum cleaner or a paper shredder. Anyway, we have no pets that might touch or bump the lamps. ELI5: Why does my touch lamp sometimes turn itself on and off? Show Less. Once you have screwed in the socket, you can add a light bulb. 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. Brighten up your décor with this unique lamp that features beautiful blue butterflies and flowers. Electrician: AssuredElectrical, Master Electrician replied 5 years ago. 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. I’ve used an extension cord on outlets on different breaker. 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. $34.99 - $39.99. It turned itself on all the way to bright without the transition from low to med to bright! We turn on the LED light and after a while it turns off and then goes back on and th... Stack Exchange Network. Those things are just twitchy. The lamp, when standing by itself on a table, has a certain capacitance. You can also use dimmer sockets that screw into the lamp's light bulb socket. 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. A touch control lamp can sometimes turn on by itself. I had a pair of touch-on table lamps that would either turn on or turn off everytime my cordless phone rang. Can you touch the floor lamp and turn on the bedside lamp? A touch lamp utilizes a sensor that lets you turn the lamp on or off with the touch of your hand. 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. Could it be caused by faulty wiring in my house shorting out???? Touch Sensitive Switch Turning Itself On Showing 1-11 of 11 messages. This never happened at the other house in which we lived for over a year. Answered in 5 minutes by: 7/11/2014. That did not do the trick. posted by Popular Ethics at 9:15 PM on September 7, 2006 . Light connected to Dimmer switch keeps turning on and off. So I had to remove it from that lamp. When it turns itself on it goes straight on and stays there - the brightness isn’t adjusted in any way. When I put in a new bulb the touch feature no longer works. This is how my switch works exactly. Choose options. The word "capacitance" has as its root the word "capacity" -- capacitance is the capacity an object has to hold electrons. Furniture store actually replaced the entire cabinet. 40% off Pillowfort. Category: Electrical. 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. My wife has just bought two of these "Touch Lamps" for the bedroom. Ghost Touch Lamps switch on during the night. 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. Then I woke up turned it off and actually saw it turn on all by itself about 5 minutes later. It can be more difficult to repair a touch lamp because you must disassemble it befor replacing any parts. I have a lamp with that in my living room, and it used to constantly turn on spontaneously. A good powerbar with surge protection is recommended to prevent power surges/overheating and interference. If it stays at your bedside or the process works in reverse you may have a slight wiring connection problem. x 13 3/4"H. 17.25" Modern Metal Table Lamp with Touch Sensor White - Ore International. If heat is the problem, then try and have a cooling arrangement. In addition, there are dimmer sockets that plug into the wall. Devices & Integrations. This change causes an electronic switch to activate, turning on the lamp. It takes more electrons to fill you and the lamp, and the circuit detects that difference. It even turns … You know the lamps where you touch the metal and it turns on. They have three different settings low moderate and high and back to off. 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. Sometimes it will just stay off once it turns itself off. 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. Kizerk Well-Known Member. Ideally, one would use a small RF choke instead of the large PI wound one I found in my junk box. I have multiple z-wave dimmers around the house all connected to a SmartThings 2.0 Linear WD500Z Z-Wave Dimmers. Unplug the lamp. Touch lamps work by measuring the change in capacitance that is caused by contact with the human body. If not, It's the lamp. Submitted: 5 years ago. It was 5.55 am. Then the light bulb blew on the first one. You don't have ghosts. Sin Verguenza BigTFromTheGroupHome. Turned Table Lamp Touch Control - Pillowfort™ Pillowfort only at target ¬ 4 out of 5 stars with 133 reviews. If not you may have slightly defective module at the bedside table. 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