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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Darkroom / March 2005foot switch ...?
Hi all. I would like to find a foot switch that turns an electric appliance, such as a light, on and off. I know they exist because a floor lamp I have has one. I want to be able to turn my inspection light in the darkroom on and off without using my wet hands. I'd plug my light into it and have it on the floor under my sink. I had a slide switch which I didn't like much because of trying to slide it on and off with my foot, but it failed and I don't even remember where I got it. I've tried hardward stores, Home Depot kinds of places and lighting stores: no luck. Anybody know where to find one? Art > Hi all. I would like to find a foot switch that turns an electric > appliance, such as a light, on and off. I know they exist because a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > stores: no luck. Anybody know where to find one? > Art There is always a dimmer switch, you could improvise it if electrically inclined most have a on & off button that you press in. I would think with a little know how it could be done.  SignatureLF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 > Anybody know where to find one? Sewing shop? If they do repairs, they may have some old ones laying around. Or: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1 &sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&shs=foot+switch&image .x=7&image.y=10 which shortens to: http://tinyurl.com/5vq9g SignatureJoe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe >Hi all. I would like to find a foot switch that turns an electric >appliance, such as a light, on and off. I know they exist because a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >stores: no luck. Anybody know where to find one? >Art Home Depot carries them. Also Grainger has several like this one. http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611716838&ccitem= Switch,Foot,SPDT,15 A Foot Switch, Contact Form SPDT, Current Rating 15 Amps, Power Rating 1/2 HP, AC Voltage 125/250 Volts, NEMA Rating 1, Length 3.50 Inches, Depth 1.00 Inch, Width 2.65 Inches, Color Black, Light Duty, Without Cord Set Grainger Item: 2W810 Price (ea) : $11.15 Manufacturer: LINEMASTER Mfg. Model#: T-91-S Regards, John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org Please remove the "_" when replying via email > http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611716838&cci > tem= Wouldn't surprise me if Omega bought those, modified them and resold them. SignatureLF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 >> http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611716838&cci >> tem= > >Wouldn't surprise me if Omega bought those, modified them and resold >them. I think they all did. I have a Beseler that is very similar and here's a link to B&H showing a GraLab switch. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=2 0998&is=REG Regards, John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org Please remove the "_" when replying via email On 3/26/2005 9:18 AM John spake thus: >>Hi all. I would like to find a foot switch that turns an electric >>appliance, such as a light, on and off. > > Home Depot carries them. Also Grainger has several like this one. > > http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611716838&ccitem= The only problem here might be that the footswitch is a momentary switch--only on while your foot is pressing it down. I think the O.P. is looking for a toggle switch, so that the light stays on until he stomps on the switch again. Can't tell from their description whether this is so. Otherwise, looks like just what the dr. ordered. Signature"I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon." - Former President Gerald Ford to his golf partners, as related by the late Hunter S. Thompson > On 3/26/2005 9:18 AM John spake thus: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > stomps on the switch again. Can't tell from their description whether > this is so. Otherwise, looks like just what the dr. ordered. Wal-Mart et. al. around here sell a foot operated switch for turning on/off christmas tree lights. Check the electrical aisle. > On 3/26/2005 9:18 AM John spake thus: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > again. Can't tell from their description whether this is > so. Otherwise, looks like just what the dr. ordered. The Grainger page also shows some alternative foot switches, at least one of which appears to be a momentary switch. I am sure an e-mail would get complete descriptions. Signature--- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@ix.netcom.com > Foot switch ... what, where, why ... You will want (I imagine) a footswitch with a series plug. The series plug goes into the wall outlet and the light goes into the series plug. A cord runs from the switch to the series plug. There are two forms of switches: maintained (alternate action) and momentary: The Linemaster T-91-SC3-A (momentary) and T-91-DC3 (maintained) seem to meet requirements. Note these are light-duty, if you need a heavy-duty switch then another switch series should be selected. http://www.linemaster.com/treadlt2.shtml Control is another manufacturer: http://www.conntrol.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?pid=10&cid=1 http://www.conntrol.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?pid=9&cid=5 The Grainger site doesn't provide all the needed information to select a switch. Neither does Grainger stock maintained action switches (or so it seems). Try McMaster-Carr or drop Linemaster or Control an email. SignatureNicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics. To reply, remove spaces: n o lindan at ix . netcom . com psst.. want to buy an f-stop timer? nolindan.com/da/fstop/ On 3/26/2005 6:02 AM Art Reitsch spake thus: > Hi all. I would like to find a foot switch that turns an electric > appliance, such as a light, on and off. I know they exist because a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I've tried hardward stores, Home Depot kinds of places and lighting > stores: no luck. Anybody know where to find one? If you can't find anything else, look for an older electric-guitar floor switch. Some of these were just regular pushbutton switches mounted in a rubber or metal housing. The switches were fairly heavy-duty, with metal buttons and collars. You'd have to rewire this for power usage, but that wouldn't be hard to do. Signature"I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon." - Former President Gerald Ford to his golf partners, as related by the late Hunter S. Thompson I hesitate to put any hand wired electrical items on the floor beneath my sink!! There is a switch that operates off air pressure, basically you step on a bladder on the floor and the air goes up a tube to the dry(!) area where a momentary contact switch does the electrical thing. Signaturedarkroommike ---------- > Hi all. I would like to find a foot switch that turns an electric > appliance, such as a light, on and off. I know they exist because a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > stores: no luck. Anybody know where to find one? > Art > I hesitate to put any hand wired electrical items on the floor > beneath my sink!! There is a switch that operates off air pressure, > basically you step on a bladder on the floor and the air goes up a > tube to the dry(!) area where a momentary contact switch does the > electrical thing. If your darkroom is wired to code, everything is on a GFCI, so it shouldn't be an issue. SignatureJoe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe > Hi all. I would like to find a foot switch that turns an electric > appliance, such as a light, on and off. I know they exist because a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > stores: no luck. Anybody know where to find one? > Art Try a musical instrument store. Many electric guitarists use foot switches. Almost any electrical or electronic supply store (NOT Radio Shack or Home Depot ... more like Dow Electronics or Granger) will be able to obtain the Linemaster line of foot switches. In my experience, almost all "OEM" foot switches are built by them, or using their components. http://www.linemaster.com/main.shtml > Hi all. I would like to find a foot switch that turns an electric > appliance, such as a light, on and off. I know they exist because a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > stores: no luck. Anybody know where to find one? > Art |
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