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06-17-2009, 12:16 AM
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I wonder if I can get this plate at Home Depot
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06-17-2009, 12:19 AM
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Is that an illuminated plate?
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06-17-2009, 12:21 AM
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Is that an illuminated plate?
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Yes, it glows like the Indiglo night lights. I'm assuming it's the same technology.
The info on the back is "Panelescent by Sylvania." 120 volts, 0.2 watts.
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06-17-2009, 12:24 AM
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You got that in white, 8-gang Decora too? 
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06-17-2009, 12:26 AM
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Never seen them, but that's pretty cool. I'd like a few of them for the stainmaker's rooms.
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06-17-2009, 12:26 AM
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You got that in white, 8-gang Decora too? |
No, just a 7-gang despard. 
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06-17-2009, 12:30 AM
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Never seen them, but that's pretty cool.
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Yeah, I thought so too. This is over 35 years old, as it came from my dad's collection of stuff from when he worked for GE Wiring Device in the early '70's.
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06-17-2009, 12:38 AM
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Here's one that's pretty close that I got a postcard on some time back: http://www.limelite.com/
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06-17-2009, 12:39 AM
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Yeah, the old eletroluminescent plate. I have only seen two, both in the same house. EL lighting was to be the wave of the future back in the 50s. Now it lights some dashboards and watch faces, but that's about it.
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06-17-2009, 12:43 AM
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I kinda want to install this somewhere just for nostalgia's sake.  I'm guessing the lighted handle switch rendered this plate useless.
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06-17-2009, 10:06 AM
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Wonder if they will still work when switching an electronic ballast?
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06-17-2009, 10:16 AM
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Wonder if they will still work when switching an electronic ballast?
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Depends on whether it's intended to be wired in series or parallel with the load.
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06-17-2009, 10:32 AM
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I must assume series.. Why would one want it to come on with the lights?
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06-17-2009, 01:08 PM
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It would be in parallel with the switch, and in series with the load when the switch is off.
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06-17-2009, 01:20 PM
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Why couldn't the plate itself be a lamp load, and not hooked to the switch at all? The two wires are hot and neutral. The switch doesn't enter into it.
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06-17-2009, 02:13 PM
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Quote:
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Why couldn't the plate itself be a lamp load, and not hooked to the switch at all? The two wires are hot and neutral. The switch doesn't enter into it.
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Could be wired that way. But most illuminated switches used for night light are wired in such a way that they are only on when the load is off.
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06-17-2009, 02:14 PM
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Could be wired that way. But most illuminated switches used for night light are wired in such a way that they are only on when the load is off.
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But this isn't a switch. It's a plate.
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06-17-2009, 03:56 PM
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Hmmm Guess one could use it both ways...
I'm still trying to find my way around an electronic ballast connected to a motion detector.. Need to find a detector with a neutral that does not get it's power though the load. Wholesaler tells me they make them but they cost $90. Therefore most wholesalers don't even stock them. Guess I will get one someday soon as I'm taking out the 2- $18 (F14T5) lamps every two or three months..
Just something to thing about before you change the lamps (Incandescent to CFLs) or to electronic fixtures in your room controlled by a wall mounted motion detector..
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06-17-2009, 05:52 PM
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06-17-2009, 06:06 PM
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Quote:
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But this isn't a switch. It's a plate.
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So.......
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