Any electrical knowers out there

      • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netOP
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        5 days ago

        Yeah screw in, it might be LED. But I’m not entirely sure. But switching the bulb for another bulb didn’t make it turn off quicker.

        Edit: Although the bulb started flickering on the other lamp, so I think it 's a bad bulb + something else. Gonna have to go get a new bulb tomorrow.

        • trompete [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          5 days ago

          So the bulb turns off immediately in another lamp? Maybe the switch on your lamp doesn’t open fully when you turn it off.

          I remembered something else: If you have a switch that cuts neutral instead of the live wire or both wires, LEDs can continue to faintly glow because of induced current. So I guess try reversing the plug on your lamp (if you can, I know in many countries the plugs are not reversible), but idk maybe that’s not it.

        • WilsonWilson [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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          4 days ago

          If a new bulb doesn’t fix the problem then the switch on the lamp is bad and lamp needs to be replaced. It probably has a standard E26 socket which means house voltage at the socket and the electronics are inside the bulb. I’m not sure what the lamp standard is but sometimes there is a switching circuit which provides a lower voltage to the user knob/switch for safety and uses that to control the house voltage to the bulb socket so there could be circuit board and componants at the switch going bad. Installing a new bulb will tell you where the problem is.

          • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netOP
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            4 days ago

            If it isnt dangerous id rather keep the lamp. I can handle a 1 second delay on switching off and the lamp has sentimental value

            • WilsonWilson [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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              4 days ago

              If the bulb fix doesn’t work and you want to take it apart and show me a pic of the switch I can probably tell you if it can be repaired or replaced with a new switch. I get the sentimental value thing I got my mom’s tiffany pole lamp and if it went bad I would repair it.