Re: device that helps to reach wall light switches

[Guest guest]

Hillary,

We found ours at Canadian Tire (hardware, auto type store, and now kitchen

wares).

Unsure what the equivilant store is there for you.

I tried seeing if there was a name on our lightswitch extendor, and couldn't

find one.

Dea

Canada

[Guest guest]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/

index=blended & field-keywords=light%20switch%20extender & results-

process=default & dispatch=search/

ref=pd_sl_ya_tops-1_blended_35496924_1 & results-process=default

Try this link the have quite a variety

On Jan 10, 2008, at 9:36 AM, Hillary wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I'm looking for an item that I've seen, but I don't remember where,

> so I can't ask the owner if it they made it or if it's sold by an

> assistive device company. I've contacted such a company that I've

> previously used, and thought I'd also check with fellow LPs.

>

> It's a contraption that helps us flip wall light switches. It

> attaches to the light switch and had an extension down that enables

> an LP to push up or pull down the switch, and hence enable us to

> turn on and turn of the room lights.

>

> Are you familiar with this? Can you recommend where I might look to

> find it?

>

> Thanks a bunch,

>

> Hillary Melechen

> D7

>

>

[Guest guest]

If that url is a challenge to reconstruct, try this one...

*http://tinyurl.com/29useg

Mike

* Burton wrote:

>

> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/

> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/>

> index=blended & field-keywords=light%20switch%20extender & results-

> process=default & dispatch=search/

> ref=pd_sl_ya_tops-1_blended_35496924_1 & results-process=default

>

> Try this link the have quite a variety

>

>

>

> On Jan 10, 2008, at 9:36 AM, Hillary wrote:

>

> > Hi all,

> >

> > I'm looking for an item that I've seen, but I don't remember where,

> > so I can't ask the owner if it they made it or if it's sold by an

> > assistive device company. I've contacted such a company that I've

> > previously used, and thought I'd also check with fellow LPs.

> >

> > It's a contraption that helps us flip wall light switches. It

> > attaches to the light switch and had an extension down that enables

> > an LP to push up or pull down the switch, and hence enable us to

> > turn on and turn of the room lights.

> >

> > Are you familiar with this? Can you recommend where I might look to

> > find it?

> >

> > Thanks a bunch,

> >

> > Hillary Melechen

> > D7

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

In regard to your request about light switch extenders:

Normally my wife handles this web site, but I thought I should respond to this

one. A few

years ago I developed a switch extender that is (1) easy to make, (2) eminently

customizable, and (3) incredibly cheap. It can be made for around fifty cents

each. It will

involve a visit to the hardware store, but armed with precise information I am

sure the nice

people there will be glad to help.

The core component is a pair of screw thread protectors joined by a short length

of ball

chain- the kind used for key chains, ceiling fan pulls, etc. The screw thread

protectors my

be a little hard to come by- call around before you go. I have found them at

Lowe's, but

not Home Depot. You can get them in bulk online (bags of thousands, if I

remember right),

but usually 20 or so will be adequate.

The standard llight switch will accept a thread protector of the 5/16 " size. Use

other sizes

for larger or smaller toggles. Once you have brought them home, proceed as

follows:

(1) Drill a hole through each protector I have found that 1/8 " works best. I

simply hold the

protector in my fingers and shjove the bit up inside. Be careful to not drill

through your

fingers! If you use a low speed this won't be a problem.

(2) Cut of length of ball chain (1 inch or so- you will cut it top exact length

later). Using a

strong pair of tweezers, shove one ball through the hole. Apply some glue- I

like Goop.

(3) Now cut the chain to a total of 5 links- longer pieces make it hard to push

up, and

shorter chains don't hang down properly. Then shove the ball on the remaining

end

through the hole in another thread protector. The result will look a little like

a miniature

Dixie-cup/string telephone that everbody makes as kids.

(4) For the final step. glue is a 5/16 " dia. dowell. Here is where the custom

feature comes

into play. You can paint/ finish the dowel any way you want. You can paint it to

match

your wall, or use a nice oak or mahogany dowel and make it look classy, or use

any long

stick-shaped thing you can think of (e.g., twig from your cherry tree), etc. You

can also cut

it to whatever length you need. Usually 18 " works for most switches- we used 24 "

on

some stairwells, and so on.

Once the glue has dried (24 hrs or so), simply push the thread protector onto

the switch

toggle, and there you go. Ours have lasted for a couple of years and show no

signs of

deterioration.

Good luck. Any questions?

Cory Larsen

>

> Hi all,

>

> I'm looking for an item that I've seen, but I don't remember where, so I can't

ask the

owner if it they made it or if it's sold by an assistive device company. I've

contacted such a

company that I've previously used, and thought I'd also check with fellow LPs.

>

> It's a contraption that helps us flip wall light switches. It attaches to the

light switch and

had an extension down that enables an LP to push up or pull down the switch, and

hence

enable us to turn on and turn of the room lights.

>

> Are you familiar with this? Can you recommend where I might look to find it?

>

> Thanks a bunch,

>

> Hillary Melechen

> D7

>