Cupboard light with timed auto-off

[Apteryx]

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

[Lurch]

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

Use a time-lag switch.

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.

[Thomas Prufer]

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

[Ash]

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

[Lurch]

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

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

[Apteryx]

The only Ikea ones I saw were these:

*10276The 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