On 2021/04/13 11:55 a.m., John Robertson wrote:

On 2021/04/13 7:04 a.m., amdx wrote:
I'm looking for the little buttons that you install in a lamp socket to

dim the bulb.

It is a flat device with an internal diode.Â* It fits inside the socket
and makes contact with the bulb and the socket electrode.

I have searched and can not find them.

Anyone have a good search term I can try.

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Here is a story from 1981 about these buttons - Bulb Miser and Light-Saver:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archi...-0072dc20f578/



Perhaps that will help your quest! At least you now have the names...

John :-#)#


And here are some Eagle Energy Buttons on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...on%2C&_sacat=0

John :-#)#

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