ernie mendoza coughed up some electrons that declared:


Yes, I saw these in the shops. Trouble is they will stay on all night
instead of switching off after a set number of hours.


We really need to adopt some new wiring practises:

Take neutral via switch - that'll solve that problem.

Stop trying to dim lights by hacking the sine wave to bits (which worked
really well for a slow to react resistive load). Agree on a SINGLE control
signal and ship that to the light fitting. Lamp dims itself in whatever way
it sees fit. That would also reduce some of the EMI from wiring.

Talking of standards, why is it so hard to get a simple cheap table light
with a BC fitting...

Tim