On Sep 14, 7:19*pm, wrote:
About 2 years ago I bought a plug in touch dimmer for a bed side
lamp. *It worked fine for over a year. *Then one day the lamp began
coming on by itself, at random times. *Usually twice a day. *So I
bought a new plug in touch dimmer. *It did the same thing. *I tried
different outlets throughout the house. *I put it on a surge
supressor. *Nothing helped. *I changed lamps, and it did NOT come on,
so I figure it is the lamp. *The lamp has 3 bulbs, so I replaced them
with all new ones. *That did not help. *I don't know what else to do.
My wife loves the lamp and does not want to change it for any other
one. *Having the touch was a great convienance. *Any ideas how to make
it less sensative or otherwise keep it from turning on by itself?

TIA.

My guess is you have something on that circuit that is triggering
it, maybe something that cycles, maybe an Air Conditioner. It may
even be outside your home.

Some dimmers are less sensitive than others, even two of the same
kind. I have lights on either side of the bed. Each are the same and
a quick outage or a power blip, maybe lightning close by will trigger
them, some times both some times only one, usually the same one.

I have chosen to live with it. It does not happen often to me,