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Two way switch - light - off timer

  • 18-12-2022 8:13pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭


    I have a two way switch - in my bedroom - one switch for en-suite light - the other - for , bedroom light

    I continually forget to turn the en-suite light off-


    can you get a two way switch - one with an off timer. The other a standard light switch - Was thinking of years back in flats - there was a bubble like two way switch - you push it in - and it went off after a few minutes - ! Any advice appreciated -

    thank you


    added - I just saw this on Amazon - ( see pic below) I'm wondering if I joined the two switch wires together - and leave the common alone - would that work - as in ,

    when I click the light on - the en suite and the bedroom light , would come on together and go out when the timer runs down ?





Comments

  • Registered Users Posts: 4,959 ✭✭✭kirk.


    They probably wouldn't be recommended because of the hazard in a bathroom

    If you can fit something like a 13 watt led bulb in the holder and just try remember to turn it off it will have little impact on the bill anyhow



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭2012paddy2012


    Oh really I didn't realise that - the switch is well away from the en-suite - but that's a good bit if advice indeed , thanks



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,959 ✭✭✭kirk.


    It's the hazard of tripping over if there's a bath or shower and the light goes out



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭2012paddy2012


    Of course ,

    thank you



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭monseiur


    Why not fit a motion sensor switch in en suite, a it's near water fit a weatherproof one designed for outdoor use. (IP 65) As the name suggests it has a PIR (passive infrared sensor) which will come on automatically when it detects motion and will knock off automatically.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,959 ✭✭✭kirk.


    I have flush pirs in various areas in the house

    They work well in walkways where you're moving

    I have one in a toilet and the time setting is long to stop it going out which can happen if you're not moving. Dunno how well they work with steam , probably ok I presume ?



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,959 ✭✭✭kirk.


    They would need a rec as well regulations



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,959 ✭✭✭kirk.


    It isn't worth the bother of adding controls considering the running cost of an led bulb

    Ensuites are not the best room for timers and pirs either



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭2012paddy2012


    Oh that would actually solve the issue indeed - I had a battery operated one in there only cheap - it did the trick however after 30 seconds if it didn't detect motion it would turn off - ideally for example could be 15 mins in there using shower - if it goes off and be set to countdown - would that work I wonder thanks



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,959 ✭✭✭kirk.


    I use one of them in an ensuite, battery pir light for using the toilet

    For showering turn on the main light

    That might be a solution if you're not using the shower every time



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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭2012paddy2012


    Very good if you get a battery operated pir. As you say that you could extend the standard 30 seconds it would be great -


    thanks all



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