Touch Lamps Problem

Sujamjen

Am I the only one that finds when the bulb blows in a touch lamp, it seems to lose the 'touch' facility and can only be turned on and off at the socket. When it happened to me I just assumed the lamp was old and/or duff but I bought a pair at Xmas for my old mum to have by the bed and less than 5 months later the same has happened to one of them. I've checked for a reset button but can't see anything. Any ideas anyone please?

baldelectrician

the answer is in the lamps 'bulbs' you are using.

I use the term lamp as a 'bulb is a thing you put in the ground for a flower'
- got it nagged in to my head during an apprenticeship and it has stuck--

When a lamp dies there is a surge and if it is a cheap one the surge is enough to kill any dimmer attached.

The answer, buy branded lamps (osram ; philips; ; sylvania). Decent lamps are internally fused and thus tend not to kill dimmers.

Hope this helps

It goes to show don't buy cheap lamps.

Sujamjen

Thank you so much baldelectician. That explanation makes perfect sense! Will remember to say lamps in future too