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Re: Touch-lite Handle. Love it? Hate it? Tips and Tricks

Reply #25 –
Quote from: Bill Brown –
We enjoy the touch handle but ours has started to act up occasionally.  Now our porch light has totally died and new bulbs didn't help.  Has anyone found an LED that would work in the existing fixture after bypassing ballast??  Please advise... Bill

Bill,
          My porch light was dead, but the handle light worked. I pulled the light off and found that the switch on the bottom of the light fixture was kaput. I removed the switch, connected the two wires together, plugged the old switch hole and put it back together. The factory (I assume) really glued the fixture on with lots of silicone, be careful taking it off. I added an additional switch inside that allows me to turn off the upper porch light only. There is a factory switch that operates both the handle light and the porch light.
Good luck,
Rick
 

Re: Touch-lite Handle. Love it? Hate it? Tips and Tricks

Reply #26 –
I happend to love it and haven't had any problems with it.

I like it so much I expanded it's use to include exiting the coach as well.  I wired the output of module to include the new LED lights I added in the stepwell.  Inside next to the entry (I have a mid entry coach) is the kitchen counter with a hinged extension leaf on the side.  I wired the hinge (piano style) to the input of the touch sensor module.  That step well can get pretty dark at night and it's real handy and natural to just touch that hinge and not have to worry about turning it off.
John Fitzgerald
1991 U300 (SAI) Side Aisle Island Bed 40'
Detroit 6V92 with Allison Retarder
Meridian (Boise), Idaho