Tip/turning things off/Light

[Sevenhills1952]

I wanted to mention something I've found useful. I ordered these 120V neon pigtail snap in lights. You drill a 1/2" hole for it.
If it's next to a light switch at garage, instead of fumbling around in the dark, you know where switch is. You simply wire it across switch. So when switch is off...light is on. They draw almost no current at all.
For something like air compressor, etc., if it's 240V wire across one side (120V).
So easy when leaving shop light shows what needs to be turned off.

 

[htmdude57]

Or you could change the switch to one with a lighted handle. Either way, it's only for light circuits that have an incandescent bulb.

Or you could plug in a night light, into an outlet.

 

[alfredeneuman]

That light looks like it's above the box. How did you protect the wiring from the light to the box?
How too, are you hooking up the light for 240 using one leg. Where do you attach the other wire?

 

[Sevenhills1952]

"it's only for light circuits that have an incandescent bulb." Not true (I'm saying respectfully). Neon lights have a resistor in series with one lead, usually 56k-100k ohms. They draw less than 1 watt power.
Any switch you wire across as long as it's wired to something that draws over a watt, it will light. To test my theory, you can buy a neon tester from most hardware stores for $2-$3. It has leads. Put them across any 120V switch and lights switch off, then goes off of course switch on.
One shown is for fluorescent lights.
Protect leads to switch? Sleeve it.
They make 240V ones, or series a 56k resistor, or simply this. 240V has two 120V leads out of phase with respect to ground neutral. One hot lead to neutral is 120V.

 

[Falcon67]

"Alexa - turn off the shop lights"

 

[Bert_]

Protect leads to switch? Sleeve it.

The whole thing needs to be in a box.

 

[bubinga]

Nice!

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[alfredeneuman]

Nice!

.....but not Code compliant at all!

 

[teamextreme]

That's why they make lighted switches, which aren't code violations with lights/wire not installed in boxes, etc.

 

[Sevenhills1952]

All I was saying was... and anyone concerned with code compliance can do it as they see fit (I'm in the county, there's no code compliance or inspectors here)...is it's so easy to add a light to anything, so you don't forget to turn it off.
It's just a helpful suggestion that can be modified/changed as anyone sees fit.
Anything can be made "code compliant" if they are so concerned.

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[alfredeneuman]

Not only is that method not Code compliant, but it unsafe as well.
All to save a couple of $

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton...ighted-Toggle-Switch-White-1461-GLW/301447128

 

[Sevenhills1952]

I'm talking about adding a light to air compressor or anything else so you know it's on. So easy to do. Put light in a box if you want.

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