• @zabadoh@ani.social
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    182 months ago

    Having double poled light switches at the top and bottom of a staircase that control a light fixture that illuminates the stairs has been in building code for decades.

    Although this is likely an old house built before then, it’s a cheap upgrade to hire an electrician to make this situation a lot safer.

  • burgersc12
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    172 months ago

    Oh that’s Bill. He’s harmless, just watch out for the spikes…

  • How does he safely turn the light on?

    Also: motion sensing automated lights are stupid cheap. And I sincerely hope poorly made, because the one in our utility room comes on at random - I can see the light sometimes come on under the door when I’m in the basement.

    • @Mothra@mander.xyz
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      52 months ago

      I guess he has double switch installed, some houses have multiple switches for the same set of lights especially along stairs or long corridors.

      • Ah. So he could just have the light on until he got to the top, then turn it off.

        He’s just playing a game, where if he makes a mistake - slips down the stairs, trips on something - he loses.

      • @TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub
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        32 months ago

        Even then, the deal was for 10 seconds after switching the light off, there is no mention of any grace period to switch it back on. As soon as he opens the door and reaches for the switch in the dark, he’s done for.

        • @Mothra@mander.xyz
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          32 months ago

          I understand that light from behind the door spills into the room enough for it not to be darkness, so for as long as the door is open he’s safe

      • My cat brutally hunts and murders any moths in the house. He goes absolutely apeshit when he sees one. Consequently, we are about as moth-free a house as could be; and I’m not sure what they’d live on in the utility room. There are no windows and it’s underground.

        Anyway, it could be, I suppose. More likely ghosts, though.

  • @DjMeas@lemm.ee
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    22 months ago

    If that’s how my basement light was set up I definitely wouldn’t close the door to the entrance.

    Oddly, it’s not monsters I fear but cockroaches. I guess they’re like tiny little monsters to me.