Touch lamp problems.

[anonymous-user]

Anyone know what could go wrong or is it built in obsolecence for them to pack in .

Tried fuse, bulb, wiring, taking it apart to look for loose wires etc, no joy.

Any idea what to try next before binning it ,

Anyway how do they work/the switching inside the base ?

[Gingerbread Man]

Do they work on the principle of earth? You're earthed when you touch it?

[Pete102]

Gingerbread Man said:

Do they work on the principle of earth? You're earthed when you touch it?

Nope, they use the concept of capacitance.

The human body has a certain capacitance, when you touch the lamp it adds to the lamps capacitance, I would then imagine a circuit board/controller looks for this capacitance change, probably through some sort of comparitor, and outputs a frequency to the lamp. (assuming its a 3 brightness jobby).

Probably knackered controller/circuit board. Manufacturer for spares or new one I reckon.

sorry

[Globs]

Unsure of its history, but check the plug is wired with live and neutral in the right place. Brown to live. _If_ the lead wires are not polarised (i.e. both the same colour), try swapping them: do not do this is they are colour coded.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks for above. It's worked until recently so the wiring should have been ok in the plug.

Yup it was the 3 brightness type .

Was a BHS job so won't be worth chasing parts

If nothing else shows up off to the tip it goes unless i can rewire it to work like a bog standard table lamp. With a switch in the lead ?

[blueg33]

I have had 2 die on my, they just stop working (stay on) so I wired a normal inline switch into the lead

[Pete102]

speedyguy said:

Thanks for above. It's worked until recently so the wiring should have been ok in the plug.

Yup it was the 3 brightness type .

Was a BHS job so won't be worth chasing parts

If nothing else shows up off to the tip it goes unless i can rewire it to work like a bog standard table lamp. With a switch in the lead ?

Should be a peice of piss to do this.

Wiring from bulb to choccy block / suitably rated terminals, wiring in from switch, bypass controller, voila.

[blueg33]

Pete102 said:

speedyguy said:

Thanks for above. It's worked until recently so the wiring should have been ok in the plug.

Yup it was the 3 brightness type .

Was a BHS job so won't be worth chasing parts

If nothing else shows up off to the tip it goes unless i can rewire it to work like a bog standard table lamp. With a switch in the lead ?

Should be a peice of piss to do this.

Wiring from bulb to choccy block / suitably rated terminals, wiring in from switch, bypass controller, voila.

Mine were BHS ones too. It took me about 10 minutes to wire a switch into the lead (including time for the Mrs to interefere and take measurements regarding the lead length)

[anonymous-user]

Thanks.

Thanks guys
Pete & Blue. Job done just 'removed' sensor bit and wired round. Lamp works fine when plugged into socket
Just need to buy an inline switch now when i pass a diy shed