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In article .com,
wrote:

ameijers, thanks for the info. How hard is it to wire the switches?
Can you get them from places like Lowes?

Simple switches (without dimmers) that can be fitted into torchiere
lamps (maybe requireing enlarging a hole) are available at some but not
all hardware stores. Home centers may have these, but I never checked
into that.

Radio Shack has a lot of switches but few with adequate ratings (at
least 2.5 amps simultaneously with at least 120 volts AC) and they are
much more likely to require soldering than switches that some hardware
stores have. Also, Radio Shack switches appear to me to be lower in
quality than most that I see in hardware stores - I would only use a
Radio Shack switch on a 300 watt halogen torchiere if it was rated at
least 4 preferably 5 amps 125 VAC.

- Don Klipstein )