Go up to the attic once with three different light bulbs and screw them into specific sockets.
3 light bulbs in the attic.
It s basically the same solution as our first idea.
Often with all the space inside an attic one can place a light fixture someone will place it right at the top of the ladder or hide it behind a truss so the bulb is very close to the roof sheathing.
Each corresponds to one of the three light bulbs in the attic.
Outside of the closet there are three light switches.
You must determine which needs saving and remove the other two.
The recessed lights in my house are accessible from the attic but there s no insulation around them because it says on the fixtures that they need to vent the heat generated by incandescent bulbs.
That is switch on 1 2 wait a minute switch off two and go to the attic and check if the bulb is on hot or cold.
Go back downstairs and with each switch look to see what color of light is coming from the attic.
One of the.
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I had such a one in my own house when we bought it so i moved it so it would cast more light and got it out of the way so i would quit breaking.
You can turn the switches on and off and leave them in any position.
How can you find out which switch to which bulb corresponds.
Answer to the riddle there are three switches downstairs.
Left standard white middle yellow and right red.
If i replace those bulbs with leds will that reduce the heat enough so i can insulate around the existing lighting cans.
November 17 2009 at 11 24 pm.
There are three switches in the basement two of which are useless one is connected to a lightbulb in the attic.
You can play with the switches as much as you want and after that you can visit the attic above just once.
How would you identify which switch corresponds to which light bulb if you are only allowed one trip upstairs.
There are three light bulbs in your attic.
The door is closed and you cannot see if the light is on or off through the door.