Browse Forums Lighting + Lighting Design 1 Aug 11, 2013 9:52 pm "I love lamp!" But seriously, I think table and floor lamps lend a real warmth to rooms and envisage them in the hallway, entry and little mudroom area... but I'm wondering if it's possible to wire it so that when you walk in and flip the light switch on the overhead light AND the table lamp comes on. Is this possible? Is it weird/unusual/bad for resale?? Re: Lamps wired to light switch? 2Aug 11, 2013 10:00 pm maybe if you hung a pendant type light from the ceiling over a lamp table so it looks like a table lamp? we are going to hang a light in the corner of our living which will be switched on by the switch next to the kitchen. We could put a floor lamp there but hoping for a better effect with a hanging light. Not sure how you would actually hard wire a table or floor lamp to a wall switch unless you could hide cabling under the floor? Probably not the greatest thing for resale but hanging a light would also restrict the layout of a room. Re: Lamps wired to light switch? 3Aug 11, 2013 10:58 pm Hmmm could there not be a power point that's attached the the light switch and I just plug the lamp in to that? Hmmm.... Yes I hear you about pendant lights in unexpected places. I am seriously toying with the idea of having glass pendant lights hung low in the corner of our powder rooms. I'm not sure I can pull it off though! Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Lamps wired to light switch? 5Aug 11, 2013 11:19 pm Home automation. There are several systems - cbus being best known, but probably overkill for this - that could slave a pp to another switch. I don't know enough to advise, but that is where I'd start my questions. This kind of thing is a very very simple bit of 'automation' or 'smart home' stuff, but very doable. 4 Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ Re: Lamps wired to light switch? 7Aug 12, 2013 11:02 pm That's the rub - what if someone else later on wants to plug something else in that powerpoint? Hard wiring it back to the light switch is... inflexible. As someone who regularly rearranges furniture (including lamps), I would strongly advise against something that can't be moved by the end user. I'd look for a device-pair that you connect one to the light switch (that would need an electrician I'd expect) and the other goes between the lamp and the PP, the latter being movable, like a double adaptor or power-board is. 4 Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ Re: Lamps wired to light switch? 8Aug 13, 2013 9:10 am Emy, On the reno I've just finished I had exactly what you're looking for set up. The powerpoints are connected to a light switch (I have dimmers on them as well), but the power points are not like normal ones, they only allow for lights to be plugged in as the bottom "hole" on the power point is round and won't allow a normal 3 pin plug to be plugged in. Most lamps should only have the two pins as they don't require an earth pin. I was warned however that even though some other appliances may be able to be plugged in, it's not a good idea, particularly if it's attached to a dimmer as the low voltage will kill some appliances. My sparky told me about a call he got where a $2000 amplifier was plugged into this type power point and was fried when it didn't get the full voltage. Re: Lamps wired to light switch? 9Aug 13, 2013 10:57 pm Horses for courses dc If that's what someone has asked for as it suits their arrangement at the time then they're entitled to have specific socket outlets controlled off switches. They should then be classed as another light point not a socket outlet. If it then doesn't suit what the next person needs them for then it'll be up to the next person to either find something else to use or have the socket outlet rewired and replaced with a standard socket outlet. Re: Lamps wired to light switch? 10Jan 08, 2014 4:56 pm Hi, As above, the power point can be wired to a light switch, and be controlled from there. Although that power point may only be used for lighting points. Some power points you can buy don't have a switch on them, meaning anything that is plugged in may only be switched at a separate location. As discussed, if you currently "own" the home, you design it the way you would like it. 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