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I wanted a switch to control some linked flourescent lights on my workbench. Both lights have an on/off switch, and I mounted them in an area that is not all that easy to get to both switches. My proposed solution was to wire an inline on/off switch to the power cord, so that I only needed to flip this one switch, located in a more accessable area, in order to turn the lights on and off.

This switch has pretty beefy construction, and feels as though it will hold up over time. There are two small screws that hold it together on the back, and the switch seems to be pretty solid and should last a long time. My reason for docking it two stars is the internal connection points for the wiring. There are two internal posts with set screws in them. You basically cut one side of your power cord, and set-screw it in place in the switch. I was using a standard size power cord, and the set screws do not seem to really grasp the wires as well as I would like. I need to come up with a better solution, as the way it is set up right now, a swift tug on the cord would easily pull the wiring out of the set-screw posts and out of the switch. May not seem like a big deal to some, but with little kids in the house, that means there is a pretty high risk of a live power wire coming out of the switch if they start pulling on a cord.

I think the proper solution here is going to require either a metal lead to properly secure to the set-screw and potentially some soldering for peace of mind. If this switch had some sort of wire insert connection with anti-back out (and I have seen these in much lower priced items), I would have given it 5 stars.

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PRO:

1. doesn't cost much

2. need to cut only 1 of the wires

3. works

CON:

1. The grommets for the wire holes are very small, too small to let any extension cord through.

2. Even after removing the grommets I had to file away the plastic case to let the cord fit.

3. Very hard to get the case back together after getting the wire in place due to bad design. The screw posts have a small cylinder shape on the side the wire screws onto, and a larger cylinder on the other side to go around the smaller cylinder. Should be the other way around because getting the larger cylinder to squeeze past the electric cord was quite difficult.

4. Plastic is fragile someone could easily strip the threads when tightening a screw.

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We have two identical LED reading lamps that flickered oh so slightly. Clicking the switches several times would solve the problem for a few minutes, but then they would begin to flicker again. I figured it was bad switch contacts. No sense in throwing out perfectly good lamps with bad switches, so I got a couple of these for about five bucks for the two of them. It took me about ten minutes to replace each one, and what a difference, the lights remained solid and steady. These really look and feel like nice, quality devices. We are very pleased.

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Needed a replacement in-line switch for an Ikea floor lamp who's switch disintegrated (as Ikea stuff sometimes does).

This switch has a little darker, more of an ivory color than pictured, I like the color very much.

Very easy to install, and the switch mechanism has a solid click and firm feel, like quality. No negative issues with this product, works well, looks good. Recommended.

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This switch works great and was easy to install. It is a single wire switch, so you just need to cut one line to attach it to the light's power cord.