Multi way light switching

[littlespark]

Just an observation.

Staircase serving 5 storeys….. how to turn on the light from any floor?

See saw type rocker switch set into the ceiling and two really long bits of rope.

I thought it was a pulley system for the servants of old to take heavy objects up to the guest bedrooms…. So I pulled a rope, and the light came on.

And yes…. I know it can be done with quinetic nowadays.

 

[DefyG]

Surely the rope can be reached from any floor!

 

[westward10]

We all love stuff like this and the fact it, I assume still works. Quinetic switches due to failure will be replaced or ditched in a short matter of time.

 

[mainline]

We all love stuff like this and the fact it, I assume still works. Quinetic switches due to failure will be replaced or ditched in a short matter of time.

Do you mean Kinetic ? Quinetic is a make Kinetic is the system.

 

[mainline]

We all love stuff like this and the fact it, I assume still works. Quinetic switches due to failure will be replaced or ditched in a short matter of time.

Or stolen.

 

[James]

I think it is fantastic,
if it ever goes wrong then it needs to be replaced with a good quality 2 way rocker switch so the original design is kept. (Even if rocker arms have to be custom manufactured)
it would be insulting to most engineers to replace that with disposable electronic rubbish .

 

[westward10]

Do you mean Kinetic ? Quinetic is a make Kinetic is the system

I'll let you know once I've Meggered it and Hoovered up the mess.

 

[timhoward]

I knew I'd read of this idea somewhere before.... it was good ole John Ward....

3 way switched lighting circuits

Wiring details for three way lighting circuits as used in the UK

flameport.com

 

[mainline]

I think it is fantastic,
if it ever goes wrong then it needs to be replaced with a good quality 2 way rocker switch so the original design is kept. (Even if rocker arms have to be custom manufactured)
it would be insulting to most engineers to replace that with disposable electronic rubbish .

I believe it could be a safety concern.
When I was a kid, I would be thinking of swinging on that.

 

[mainline]

I knew I'd read of this idea somewhere before.... it was good ole John Ward....

3 way switched lighting circuits

Wiring details for three way lighting circuits as used in the UK

flameport.com

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[James]

I believe it could be a safety concern.
When I was a kid, I would be thinking of swinging on that.

I do hope you are not being serious.

if you decide to swing on a cord at the top of a 3 story staircase by climbing over the banister or other barriers in the way,
Darwin has already decided that it is possibly best for you to be removed from the gene pool for the greater good of humanity.

 

[mainline]

I do hope you are not being serious.

if you decide to swing on a cord at the top of a 3 story staircase by climbing over the banister or other barriers in the way,
Darwin has already decided that it is possibly best for you to be removed from the gene pool for the greater good of humanity.

Most clever kids would swing on the bottom of a rope, not the top, as you somewhat lose the swinging effect.

 

[Moley]

I'll let you know once I've Meggered it and Hoovered up the mess.

I've got a 5kv megger if you really want to check it

 

[littlespark]

I've not been up to the top floor yet... but i'll take another photo when i do.

I don't think this switch will ever wear out. It hasn't yet, and it's possibly been up there for 50 + years already.


I do have a job for kenetic/quinetic in this house. There's a labyrinth of corridors and rooms on the basement floor not used for public viewing... and the switches for the long corridors are in the middle. Have to walk half way in the dark to find them.

 

[westward10]

Possibly a mercury switch.

 

[James]

I would not be surprised if it was 100 years old.