hi folks,
my wife bought a tiffany lamp which has what she said was a touch switch. the lamp has a chrome base. to turn lamp on you touch the lamp base with your bare finger.even the lightest of touches will turn it on. if you touch it again it will get brighter. another touch and it will turn off.
however if you try to turn it on using your finger nail or if you cover your finger in plastic wrap and try, it wont turn on no matter how hard you press.
how does this switch work? i have a feeling that this is a pretty bad idea for a house voltage electrical device.
Sam