where can I get one of those light fittings you see in American movies with the thing you pull that dangles from it....merry-cans are weird what with table lamps having a swicth you turn ...
talking of switches...
Jan 26, 2021
Last reply: 5 years ago
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When I was looking recently for that 'rare as hens-teeth' thing, an E27 pendant light-bulb socket with a lampshade support diameter that was the same as a normal bayonet fitting, there didn't seem to be any shortage of fittings with pull-cord switches. A search for 'es light bulb pull-cord' in a ppoular search engine should get you what you want
never seen one
want one like this....
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that might do ...
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well in my defence when I was looking in 1996 there weren't any....tee hee
What you want, is one of these.
That's a pull chain fixture, that affixes to the ceiling.
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The reason you want that, is that one bolts to the ceiling of your work area, and is secure. When you pull on it, it's fastened to a joist, so it's not going to move.
You can also buy lengths of chain made out of those balls and segments, and it has a female connector on the end for joining to the existing chain. Just be careful, that if the chain goes flying towards the ceiling, there are no exposed copper conductors for it to touch.
Paul
very nice thanks
but it was the dangly aspect at the end of a drop flex that fascinated me.....like those old merrycan tv shows
It says 240V, even though it is USA product ??
I've had both styles. The dangly one and the fixture. And the fixture is safer. But even then, if you insist on using an extra-long chain (by using extensions), be sure that no electrical conductors are within reach of the chain. Because depending on what villain grabs the chain and works it, the chain can go flying. A person familiar with how the chain works, doesn't have that sort of trouble.
When the chain is only six inches long, then it can't get into trouble.
You'll have to look for the UK equivalent of that. That's just to illustrate the concept.
They also make those with "tall" necks and "short" necks. For LED lightbulbs, you'll want a "short" neck, for better cooling.
Paul
Yes, particularly weird. I noticed that too.
But you'd be better off finding a local brand for that. You'd want something with the mounting holes in the right places (for screwing to an electrical box).
A local brand here would be Leviton, and could well be made in Mexico.
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There's this style - but it has the "chain meets conductor" danger. We had one of these, before I changed it out for the fixture kind. But if you're a lazy individual, these have an initial attraction. If you had the string instead of the chain, this might be OK then. But without the chain, where is the fun factor ?
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There was only one application which needed that, and that was the light over the work bench. Most other basement lighting was controlled by regular switches. Just not that one. That's because the work bench was not near a wall where we could put a switch. and with so many power tools and dangerous experiments on the bench, you don't really want any electrical wires down at kid height. Like sometimes, someone would use an electric drill down there, and drill right into the bench, and go right through. So the wiring has to stay up high, to avoid trouble.
That's the bench, where I was thrown across the basement floor by a high voltage experiment. That taught me "respect" for high voltage.
My bench in this house, doesn't even have an electrical outlet on it. The outlet is on the opposite wall. Never any danger of making contact while doing violence on the bench. (I bend steel bars and stuff on there occasional. Even the handle on my vice is bent. Oops.)
Paul
I want one of those wall mounted phones with a mile long curly handset cord that never gets tangled.
many handsets can be wall mounted
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My first house had a Trimphone with a really long lead - it was the key factor that made me buy the house!
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