I'm looking for a battery- (or maybe mains-) powered cupboard light with a
(ideally variable) timed off. i.e. You switch it on and it stays on
automatically for, say, 2 mins.

Anyone?

Thanks in anticipation

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:16:32 +0100, "Apteryx"
strung together this:

I'm looking for a battery- (or maybe mains-) powered cupboard light with a
(ideally variable) timed off. i.e. You switch it on and it stays on
automatically for, say, 2 mins.

Use a time-lag switch.
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/EK400B.html

You can set it to time off after a user settable period and it's
mechanical, (or at least the mechanical version is!), so it will work
on anything mains voltage or below.
If you're using mains just fit it in the circuit as a normal 1 way
switch or if you're using batteries then just amend the fitting as
required and divert the feed from the batteries via the time-lag
switch.
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:16:32 +0100, "Apteryx" wrote:

I'm looking for a battery- (or maybe mains-) powered cupboard light with a
(ideally variable) timed off. i.e. You switch it on and it stays on
automatically for, say, 2 mins.

Anyone?

Ikea (which is Ikea Germany, but they'd surely have the same stuff at all
Ikeas?) had some in a bin. 4 AA batteries, round, press on, press off,
auto-shutoff after 5 min., red or blue plastic, translucent white dome, nasty
feel to the switch, but, hey: 4 Euro for two.

Thomas Prufer

"Thomas Prufer" wrote in message
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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:16:32 +0100, "Apteryx"
wrote:
Ikea (which is Ikea Germany, but they'd surely have the same stuff at all
Ikeas?) had some in a bin. 4 AA batteries, round, press on, press off,
auto-shutoff after 5 min., red or blue plastic, translucent white dome,
nasty
feel to the switch, but, hey: 4 Euro for two.

Don't Ikea also do cupboard switches, which work like those in fridges? Open
the door and they switch on, close it and it switches off again.

Ash

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:51:08 +0100, "Ash"
strung together this:

Don't Ikea also do cupboard switches, which work like those in fridges? Open
the door and they switch on, close it and it switches off again.

Lots of places do, probably better and cheaper as well.
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd

The only Ikea ones I saw were these:
http://www.ikea.co.uk/webapp/wcs/sto...ts=10111*10276

The cupboard door is not always shut so these might not be ideal. But, hey,
at £2.90 for 2, it's worth a whirl.

Thanks all


"Thomas Prufer" wrote in message
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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:16:32 +0100, "Apteryx"
wrote:

I'm looking for a battery- (or maybe mains-) powered cupboard light with
a
(ideally variable) timed off. i.e. You switch it on and it stays on
automatically for, say, 2 mins.

Anyone?

Ikea (which is Ikea Germany, but they'd surely have the same stuff at all
Ikeas?) had some in a bin. 4 AA batteries, round, press on, press off,
auto-shutoff after 5 min., red or blue plastic, translucent white dome,
nasty
feel to the switch, but, hey: 4 Euro for two.

Thomas Prufer

Try one of these (http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLPIR180.html) you
want something a bit more automatic. Have one in my bathroom and it works a
treat!


"Apteryx" wrote in message
...
I'm looking for a battery- (or maybe mains-) powered cupboard light with a
(ideally variable) timed off. i.e. You switch it on and it stays on
automatically for, say, 2 mins.

Anyone?

Thanks in anticipation