Posted by Doc on April 3, 2007, 11:37 pm
The bulb burned out on a touch lamp I got at Wal Mart a while back and
when I replaced the bulb, I find it stays on all the time. Now I don't
use it since it doesn't have any other on/off.
What's the likely cause of this and is it something that's readily
repairable?
Thanks.
Posted by Meat Plow on April 3, 2007, 11:44 pm
On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:37:34 -0700, Doc wrote:
> The bulb burned out on a touch lamp I got at Wal Mart a while back and
> when I replaced the bulb, I find it stays on all the time. Now I don't
> use it since it doesn't have any other on/off.
>
> What's the likely cause of this and is it something that's readily
> repairable?
>
> Thanks.
Not repairable, toss it or wire an inline switch.
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Posted by Eeyore on April 3, 2007, 11:46 pm
Doc wrote:
> The bulb burned out on a touch lamp I got at Wal Mart a while back and
> when I replaced the bulb, I find it stays on all the time. Now I don't
> use it since it doesn't have any other on/off.
> What's the likely cause of this and is it something that's readily
> repairable?
Probably a triac went short circuit.
Easily fixable.
Graham
Posted by John O'Flaherty on April 3, 2007, 11:50 pm
> The bulb burned out on a touch lamp I got at Wal Mart a while back and
> when I replaced the bulb, I find it stays on all the time. Now I don't
> use it since it doesn't have any other on/off.
> What's the likely cause of this and is it something that's readily
> repairable?
Walmart or Home Depot have replacement touch lamp modules for about...
it may have been $10. You just have to find the right rack.
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John
Posted by James Sweet on April 4, 2007, 3:39 am
Doc wrote:
> The bulb burned out on a touch lamp I got at Wal Mart a while back and
> when I replaced the bulb, I find it stays on all the time. Now I don't
> use it since it doesn't have any other on/off.
>
> What's the likely cause of this and is it something that's readily
> repairable?
>
> Thanks.
>
This is common, the bulb arcs internally when it blows and pops the
triac in the dimmer module. If it's not potted in solid epoxy it's easy
to fix and I've done several. You can get a triac at Radio Shack that
will work, it doesn't have to be an exact replacement. In the dimmers
I've fixed so far that was the only problem.
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> when I replaced the bulb, I find it stays on all the time. Now I don't
> use it since it doesn't have any other on/off.
>
> What's the likely cause of this and is it something that's readily
> repairable?
>
> Thanks.