Kinetic switches

[Pretty Mouth]

I had the most maddening fault with one of those quinetic switches. The first press of the switch did nothing. Press again, it worked, and switched the light on/off. Keep pressing over and over and it would keep switching on/off, so it appeared that it worked fine. If left longer than ~30 secs, the next press would do nothing again. Press again within 30seconds and it would work, and so on.

It was used to switch lights outside a garage from a position where they couldn't be seen. My client would press the button expecting there to be light when he got to the garage, to find none. When I go to see what the problem is, I press the switch over and over and it works fine, nothing wrong. Took a while to work that one out

They have their uses but I would always prefer to use a mechanical switch

 

[BruceBanner]

Fitted last 3 years or so, solid block, stud, get the positioningv right & haven't had a call back to date. You probably jinxed me now.

 

[7029 dave]

As an old sweat, never even knew about them till about a year ago and have not used this product, but they do look good for certain situations.One of our youtube celebrities use this form of switching quite a lot on occupied rewires, no mess no chasing etc and I get that.
I would first check to see if conduits are at switch drop positions given them a tug to see if movement is present, before choosing this method, the receivers arnt cheap.
Then its also going back in the sense of octopus wiring housing the receivers boxes in the loft, boxes in the cupboard, however I would fit this switch inside the bathroom lol. (first time I have said that here)