• Question: This i a burning question i just have to ask! What is the possibility that you could balance the light switch half way between on and off?

    Asked by 420.jpg to Alejandra, Ana, Daniel, Sophie, Todd, Zach on 10 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Sophie Cox

      Sophie Cox answered on 10 Mar 2017:

      That’s an interesting question 420.jpg! What makes you ask that?

      To be honest I’m not really sure how to answer other than I think with practise a lot of things are possible! I imagine how easy it would be to do would depend on the type of light switch but I bet it’s possible!

    • Photo: Ana Gallego

      Ana Gallego answered on 11 Mar 2017:

      I have tried before. Sometimes it works on some particular types of switches or if they are very all but unfortunately the design makes them tilt to one of the sides regardless. Only lasts a few seconds

    • Photo: Alejandra Aranceta

      Alejandra Aranceta answered on 13 Mar 2017:

      Hi 420,

      it’s really easy! there is something called a resistor. The electrical current (what makes the light turns on) passes through this resistor and makes the light bulb turn on. These resistors have different values and these values is what makes the bulb to be brighter or darker. Commercially, these resistors are called dimmers, and they have embedded a variable resistor (called potentiometer) that by twisting the knob changes the balance in the light.

      I can teach you how to do one!

    • Photo: Todd Burton

      Todd Burton answered on 13 Mar 2017:

      I would say if you can balance the moment through either side of the light switch so there is an equal force applied to each side it would be possible to balance a light switch, but i don’t think you’d close the circuit so the light would likely remain off.

    • Photo: Daniel Morse

      Daniel Morse answered on 13 Mar 2017:

      On a standard rocker switch, you can do it – you have to get it spot on, because of the mechanism behind..but I see why you ask – I have often thought this myself!!

      It doesn’t make the light half on though haha

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