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    Feb 20, 2007, 06:35 AM
    Convert a lamp to work on a "hot" switch via pull chain
    My builder wired a light in an arch way with a "hot" outlet. We put our pool table underneath the archway and now need to add a pool table lamp fixture. All the ones I can find require a light switch. Because the archway if solid wood there was no way to wire it to a switch so the builder told us that we needed to get a lamp that worked on a "hot" switch aka that had a pull chain.

    I can't find any such lamp and was wondering if a regular lamp could be converted to work on this "hot"switch by adding a pull chain to it. And would that lamp conversion have to be done by an electrician/

    Thanks for any help you can provide...
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    Feb 20, 2007, 09:13 AM
    Do a Goggle search for X-10 devices, I believe this is the best and easiest mehtod to help you control the light. Let me know if you need more help once you see what X-10 is all about.

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