you could always wire an outlet onto it. Go out of the switch into an outlet, and make sure the returns are all correct, of course grounds where applicable. You may not need the outlet, but could tell by plugging something in to it if it were on. Try something like a lamp in the outlet. No kidding, just had to say that. Thought the heat of the bulb would let ya know.
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Hi All, > I am looking for a simple solution to the problem of knowing if the basement > lights are on or off. > Some days I can detect if the light is on but not all of the time. > Years ago I had a neat smoke detector that screwed into a light socket and > the bulb then screwed into this detector. The unit had rechargeable > batteries. Whenever you turned on the light the unit would beep letting you > know it was charging. I haven't seen any of them in years. Is there some > alarm that will beep when the lights are turned on? > > Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
