Help! Kids cant reach the lights!!! (merged threads)

trace-j

How about a Lav Nav?:rotfl:

Str4berr3

trace-j wrote:

How about a Lav Nav?:rotfl:

Looks excellent. But I can see my kids will be scared of that!

Pink.

Str4berr3,

Sorry I haven't really anything helpful to add, but with my youngest (5), we leave the hall light on at night and when he opens the bathroom door that gives him enough light without really wakening him up.

Pink

elisebutt65

I tied up my cord as the kids were forever breaking it by pulling on it too hard and now I leave the utility room light(lo-energy bulb) on all night.

That lavnav looks really cool though.

YorkshireBoy

I think I have the answer!!!

Sometime in my 28 years as an electrical engineer, I'm sure I've seen conversion kits that turn the plate switch into a pull switch. The accessory fixes to the plate switch via the existing screws and a "rocking" mechanism operates the existing switch.

Now for the bad news..... I've just spent 20 minutes searching the net but can't find anything!

However, some good news..... Probably the best people to talk to are the charities such as Help The Aged, and any physical disability type charity. Who knows, if they retail them themselves you could even help a charitable cause when purchasing.

Str4berr3

YorkshireBoy wrote:

I think I have the answer!!!

Sometime in my 28 years as an electrical engineer, I'm sure I've seen conversion kits that turn the plate switch into a pull switch. The accessory fixes to the plate switch via the existing screws and a "rocking" mechanism operates the existing switch.

Now for the bad news..... I've just spent 20 minutes searching the net but can't find anything!

However, some good news..... Probably the best people to talk to are the charities such as Help The Aged, and any physical disability type charity. Who knows, if they retail them themselves you could even help a charitable cause when purchasing.

Cheers YorkshireBoy!

But do you know if these switches are compatible with a twoway switching? (Double switch thingys magigs )

YorkshireBoy

Str4berr3 wrote:

Cheers YorkshireBoy!

But do you know if these switches are compatible with a twoway switching? (Double switch thingys magigs )

Irrelevant - they clip/fix on top of the existing plate switch and require no electrical work at all.

sooz

i love the look of the lav nav, useful too for the big boys in the family. just must add, please don't forget new regs re kitchen and bathroom electrical safety. you are not allowed to change anything bar the light bulb, if in doubt, call an electrician.

YorkshireBoy

sooz wrote:

please don't forget new regs re kitchen and bathroom electrical safety. you are not allowed to change anything bar the light bulb...

Not strictly true - but we get the drift of your message sooz.

Str4berr3

YorkShireBoy??

IS it this one?

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=13838&doy=22m9&C=SEO&U=Template