Max
Enlightened
Here's a question for you. I've got a few closets that need some extra lighting. I can't wire them with AC power (building won't allow it), so I have installed some battery-powered lights (operate off 4 D batteries).
The problem is that it is easy to forget turn off the light and run the batteries dead. I would like, therefore, to rig up the lights so that they automatically shut off after a few minutes. I have seen that GE makes a light like this:
auto "off" closet light
I have been totally unable to find this light locally.
I know I could get this affect by using one of those mechanical timer wall switches (the kind that you twist to set), but I hate the ticking sound that they make.
The theory of how it should work seems straightforward. Pressing a button sends power to the light and starts a delay timer. When the delay is over, the light is turned off. This should be easy to do electronically or with a mechanical delay relay.
Anybody seen this done already? I'm not looking to any major soldering here, just something really easy. I'm thinking of a pre-built something or some other product that I could cannibalize.
Here's one that's is overkill and too expensive: 6030 Multi-Purpose Timer
Here's a better one, but it is for 12V: 555 Monostable Timer
How about this? Think this could be modified to work? Beeping Box Timer
The problem is that it is easy to forget turn off the light and run the batteries dead. I would like, therefore, to rig up the lights so that they automatically shut off after a few minutes. I have seen that GE makes a light like this:
auto "off" closet light
I have been totally unable to find this light locally.
I know I could get this affect by using one of those mechanical timer wall switches (the kind that you twist to set), but I hate the ticking sound that they make.
The theory of how it should work seems straightforward. Pressing a button sends power to the light and starts a delay timer. When the delay is over, the light is turned off. This should be easy to do electronically or with a mechanical delay relay.
Anybody seen this done already? I'm not looking to any major soldering here, just something really easy. I'm thinking of a pre-built something or some other product that I could cannibalize.
Here's one that's is overkill and too expensive: 6030 Multi-Purpose Timer
Here's a better one, but it is for 12V: 555 Monostable Timer
How about this? Think this could be modified to work? Beeping Box Timer
