Lights/Clapper

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JayK1320

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So I got an idea recently from an issue I have been presented with in my new apartment...

My bedroom has a ceiling fan, but the light switch is not attached to it and I dont have a good location for a lamp to plug into the wall outlet attached to the switch (who's dumb idea that was to not wire it to the fan i have no idea...)

So when I walk into my bedroom at night it is pitch black and I usually trip on something I got laying around. Solution...the clapper! :headbang2

Haha, seriously though, has anyone ever used this before? I am thinking about using it to hook up to my fish tank lights, which will be a low wattage light so if it if dark and the lights come on it wont blind the fish. Something basically just bright enough to light up the tank a little and shine a little light around for navigating...kill two birds with one stone. Light the tank when I am in the room, and navigation light haha

So anyone use the clapper, know how they work? Are they just cheap junk that will stop working in a month? Do you have to clap super loud to make it work? I think this could have potential for a great solution to the problem, unless people have experience with this and it does not work...
 
it is just a little unit that plugs into the wall then the lights plug into it similar to a timer...
 
they great unless you like to listen to music
then the music will turn them off and on
watching TV loud has the same effect
so id use them in a quiet room


oh also on occasion laughing will trigger them too
 
they respond to high dB's not just claps :D, it can be funny if you GF is a little noisy if you know what I mean...:ROFL:
 
At my highschool once. in our drama production. one of the prop lamps was set on a clapper nobody noticed until it came performance time. everytime there was clapping it would go crazy.
 
After these stories I gotta give it a shot...I will absolutely die if my girl friends manages to turn it on and off...hahaha
 
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