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How many times have you gone to sleep while your partner is reading i b ed, then woke up later to discover that they too are asleep but their bedside light is still on ?
Rather than having to get out of bed, or lean over them to turn the light off, Dual-Control lights come in linked pairs, with
two switches; a big one, wich is the control for the "local" light, and a small one, which is the control for the "remote" light. This means you can switch off your partner's light without disturbing them.
A deluxe version would use a triac to slowly dim out the lamp over a period of a couple of minutes.
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Don't they have this kind of thing in hotels? |
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Aristotle: Yes, sometimes - for wall-mounted fittings. But I've never seen it on sale for domestic use, and it seems such a simple thing to do. |
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I've baked this. There are four switches each side of my bed; one for the main light, one to dim that light, and one for each side's bedside light. |
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Or you could lean over with a tender cuddle and kiss on the neck as you reach for the switch. |
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Perhaps a wall-mounted remote control so you can turn off TV if he/she left it on? |
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isn't this why they invented those damn clap lights? |
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need a sleep timer, just like on a clock radio, so the light will shut itself of in 30 minutes. |
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my old folks (bless their hearts) have a pull string on the ceiling between them (above between them, anyway), as well as individual switches on their wall mounted lamps. |
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