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Toggle vs Decora
Tweet Topic Started: Feb 3 2016, 10:09 PM (1,315 Views)
George K	Feb 5 2016, 08:18 AM Post #26
Finally Posts: 89,012 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: August 4, 2005	Aqua Letifer Feb 5 2016, 08:13 AM Yes, cable management is a good thing. I run mine under my bed. When your living area is in the center of a large room, and the outlets are all on the walls, there's another way to get wires to your lamps, etc: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-6ft-Cord-Concealer-Grey/dp/B00006HVLW/ref=sr_1_18?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1454689111&sr=1-18&keywords=wire+mold I ran an extension cord through it, and then an outlet strip near the sofa. Works nicely, and not too noticeable on the floor. Edited by George K, Feb 5 2016, 08:19 AM.
	A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18


Axtremus	Feb 5 2016, 01:45 PM Post #27
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 35,700 Group: Members Member #15 Joined: April 18, 2005	Decora - easier to clean.



Aqua Letifer	Feb 5 2016, 01:50 PM Post #28
ZOOOOOM! Posts: 45,902 Group: Members Member #262 Joined: September 22, 2005	Who has to clean their light switches? Dude, why?
	I cite irreconcilable differences.


TomK	Feb 5 2016, 03:53 PM Post #29
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 12,869 Group: Members Member #53 Joined: April 19, 2005	Finger filth.



Aqua Letifer	Feb 5 2016, 03:59 PM Post #30
ZOOOOOM! Posts: 45,902 Group: Members Member #262 Joined: September 22, 2005	Pics plz.
	I cite irreconcilable differences.


Larry	Feb 5 2016, 04:13 PM Post #31
Mmmmmmm, pie! Posts: 47,996 Group: Members Member #113 Joined: April 22, 2005	If your fingers are so nasty that you have to use those Gawdawful, tacky looking things called Decora so you can wash them, then you're just too nasty for words.
	Of the Pokatwat Tribe


Catseye	Feb 5 2016, 08:36 PM Post #32
Pisa-Carp Posts: 5,135 Group: Members Member #1,390 Joined: March 5, 2015	Not at all. I give my switches the occasional spritz with the cleaner stuff.
	"How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex


sue	Feb 5 2016, 09:56 PM Post #33
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 25,250 Group: Members Member #261 Joined: September 15, 2005	Aqua Letifer Feb 5 2016, 01:50 PM Who has to clean their light switches? Dude, why? yeah. I guess I do so when painting a wall; seems right to freshen stuff up....but cleaning light switches is not on a regular cleaning schedule. life is short.



Steve Miller	Feb 5 2016, 11:14 PM Post #34
Bull-Carp Posts: 7,637 Group: Members Member #25 Joined: April 19, 2005	Larry Feb 5 2016, 04:13 PM If your fingers are so nasty that you have to use those Gawdawful, tacky looking things called Decora so you can wash them, then you're just too nasty for words. It's obvious you've never been a landlord.
	Wag more Bark less


blondie	Feb 6 2016, 02:49 AM Post #35
Bull-Carp Posts: 7,848 Group: Members Member #54 Joined: April 19, 2005	Nothing shows fingerprints better than Decora! Toggle rules!



blondie	Feb 6 2016, 02:52 AM Post #36
Bull-Carp Posts: 7,848 Group: Members Member #54 Joined: April 19, 2005	I was woken up by a Decora 20 minutes ago btw .. You folks care and understand. I thank you for this thread.



Larry	Feb 6 2016, 04:06 AM Post #37
Mmmmmmm, pie! Posts: 47,996 Group: Members Member #113 Joined: April 22, 2005	Steve Miller Feb 5 2016, 11:14 PM Larry Feb 5 2016, 04:13 PM If your fingers are so nasty that you have to use those Gawdawful, tacky looking things called Decora so you can wash them, then you're just too nasty for words. It's obvious you've never been a landlord. Let's see.... Right now I have 32 houses rented, 16 commercial properties rented, and another 20 that I am owner financing to people. So I figure if there's an average of ten light switches in each one, just for sh!ts and giggles, you understand.. that's almost 700 light switches to include in this little experiment. I have had to replace old light switches, I have had to replace broken light switches, I have had to replace stolen light switches. Maybe that doesn't qualify me to be called a landlord, I don't know - but I can't think of a single light switch in any of them that I ever had to wash. Hell, I have light switches in cattle barns that have never needed washing. But then... now that I think of it, maybe it's because none of them are Decora switches.. Edited by Larry, Feb 6 2016, 04:09 AM.
	Of the Pokatwat Tribe


Larry	Feb 6 2016, 04:21 AM Post #38
Mmmmmmm, pie! Posts: 47,996 Group: Members Member #113 Joined: April 22, 2005	And you'd think that given where I live I'd have to wash them constantly, given how greasy POSSUM is and all... not to mention all that butter in the POTATOES......
	Of the Pokatwat Tribe


Steve Miller	Feb 6 2016, 08:19 AM Post #39
Bull-Carp Posts: 7,637 Group: Members Member #25 Joined: April 19, 2005	Larry Feb 6 2016, 04:06 AM I can't think of a single light switch in any of them that I ever had to wash. Not surprising.
	Wag more Bark less


George K	Feb 6 2016, 08:20 AM Post #40
Finally Posts: 89,012 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: August 4, 2005	Steve Miller Feb 6 2016, 08:19 AM Larry Feb 6 2016, 04:06 AM I can't think of a single light switch in any of them that I ever had to wash. Not surprising. No doubt, Larry has tidy tenants.
	A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18


Larry	Feb 6 2016, 08:26 AM Post #41
Mmmmmmm, pie! Posts: 47,996 Group: Members Member #113 Joined: April 22, 2005	Steve Miller Feb 6 2016, 08:19 AM Larry Feb 6 2016, 04:06 AM I can't think of a single light switch in any of them that I ever had to wash. Not surprising. Maybe you Californians just don't wash your hands. We wash our hands here in the South.
	Of the Pokatwat Tribe


George K	Feb 6 2016, 08:32 AM Post #42
Finally Posts: 89,012 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: August 4, 2005	Larry Feb 6 2016, 08:26 AM Steve Miller Feb 6 2016, 08:19 AM Larry Feb 6 2016, 04:06 AM I can't think of a single light switch in any of them that I ever had to wash. Not surprising. Maybe you Californians just don't wash your hands. We wash our hands here in the South. Of course you do. Gotta get the possum blood and fur off before you eat. No such problem with tofu.
	A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18


Larry	Feb 6 2016, 08:38 AM Post #43
Mmmmmmm, pie! Posts: 47,996 Group: Members Member #113 Joined: April 22, 2005	hahahahahahaha
	Of the Pokatwat Tribe


brenda	Feb 6 2016, 09:42 AM Post #44
.............. Posts: 37,054 Group: Members Member #721 Joined: August 28, 2008	blondie Feb 6 2016, 02:52 AM I was woken up by a Decora 20 minutes ago btw .. You folks care and understand. I thank you for this thread. Blondie is t3h lolz.
	�Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.� ~A.A. Milne


brenda	Feb 6 2016, 09:43 AM Post #45
.............. Posts: 37,054 Group: Members Member #721 Joined: August 28, 2008	Larry Feb 6 2016, 04:21 AM And you'd think that given where I live I'd have to wash them constantly, given how greasy POSSUM is and all... not to mention all that butter in the POTATOES...... Nah, them's taters, Larry!
	�Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.� ~A.A. Milne


brenda	Feb 6 2016, 09:46 AM Post #46
.............. Posts: 37,054 Group: Members Member #721 Joined: August 28, 2008	As for dirty light switches, that would likely involve teenage boys who work on cars. When we bought this house, I scrubbed and scrubbed the woodwork around the doorways and many of the light switches. Ended up just replacing the switch plates in some cases. These were plates that had grooves in them, too. They were nasty to clean.
	�Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.� ~A.A. Milne


George K	Feb 6 2016, 09:46 AM Post #47
Finally Posts: 89,012 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: August 4, 2005	blondie Feb 6 2016, 02:52 AM I was woken up by a Decora 20 minutes ago btw .. You folks care and understand. I thank you for this thread. Hear, let me help: Work very well. I've taken to wearing them for sleep when Mrs. George want's to watch TV at night in bed. I can't hear the TV at all.
	A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18


sue	Feb 6 2016, 11:15 AM Post #48
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 25,250 Group: Members Member #261 Joined: September 15, 2005	so I am now looking at my light switches with a critical eye and thinking I'll give them all a quick clean.



Copper	Feb 6 2016, 12:04 PM Post #49
Shortstop Posts: 29,907 Group: Members Member #426 Joined: February 14, 2007	brenda Feb 6 2016, 09:46 AM As for dirty light switches, that would likely involve teenage boys who work on cars. When we bought this house, I scrubbed and scrubbed the woodwork around the doorways and many of the light switches. Ended up just replacing the switch plates in some cases. These were plates that had grooves in them, too. They were nasty to clean. If you have a house, garden, yard, shrubs, garage, fireplace you have to clean switch plates, at least the ones near these features.
	The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy


Riley	Feb 7 2016, 06:07 AM Post #50
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 17,221 Group: Moderators Member #255 Joined: September 1, 2005	I just looked at my toggle switches. They definitely need to be cleaned. That doesn't mean I'm going to, I'm just noting that they need it. There's considerable dirt build up around the toggle part.


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