How To Fix A Touch Lamp
Sometimes the mechanism within touch lamps stops working.
How to fix a touch lamp. It can be more difficult to repair a touch lamp because you must disassemble it befor replacing any parts. It connects between the lamp plug wires and the lamp wires connected to the socket. It even turns any incandescent light bulb into a. Simply touch any piece of metal on the lamp and the lamp comes on.
A three way touch lamp turns on off or dims with a mere touch of your fingertips. Three way touch lamps are a fun and convenient alternative to traditional switch lamps. A touch lamp operates seemingly by magic. Since these lamps usually include a dimmer control switch the easiest way to fix them is to troubleshoot that piece.
You can do it by following these steps. You can also use external dimmers. If you are confident with soldering and general electrical work this can be fixed provided the electronic unit that contains this part is not sealed with a potting compound. A touch lamp has a touch control box installed inside the body of the lamp.
Your body actually becomes a part of the electrical circuit when you touch the lamp coupling with the dimmer control wired inside the base of the lamp. And track its usage so i can estimate when the bulb is about to die and swap it before the cataclysmic bright flash kills that lamp too. A touch lamp utilizes a sensor that lets you turn the lamp on or off with the touch of your hand. How to repair a touch lamp.
How to troubleshoot a touch lamp. Apparently i can buy a plugin touch sensitive box to restore that functionality or of course i could just buy a new lamp.