In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 7 Dec 2017 11:46:23 -0800 (PST), TimR
wrote:

On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 11:33:07 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 07:09:16 -0800 (PST), TimR
wrote:

I have a pole lamp where the switch is inline with the cord and allows me
to have one bulb, the other bulb, or both on at the same time.
Except it doesn't anymore. I can get one bulb on but not the other.
Is there a name for that switch? I like the lamp, just want to have it working again.


I'm guessing you need a 3-way in-cord switch :

https://www.amazon.ca/Leviton-C20-01...l_4tba20vjhn_e

This is for one light bulb, or an immutable set of more than one.


https://sites.google.com/site/juddle...way-lamp-logic

See below

https://www.christmasdesigners.com/b...nd-spt-2-cord/

John T.

One of those looks like it will work, but it will not exactly duplicate my application.

My lamp has one piece of 16/2 from the plug to the switch, then one length of 16/2 from the switch to each of two lamp sockets. There are four positions: Off, Bulb A, Bulb B, Both. Your switch circuit would run Off, Bulb A, Both. I could live with that if necessary but the other way is preferred.

I had a rinkydink light in my trunk and put in another one, and rather
than removed the first one put in a rotating switch like the second
above. It turns out there are two kinds. One has an off position and
the other has only 3 like the one whose url is above. I save scrap
switches from junk lights. Where to buy new, I don't know.


My other pole lamp has switches on each socket.

I like these because they put the lighting on the task rather than having the whole room brighter than I want.