Floorplan Lightswitch
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Published on October 31, 2011
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Description
Forget on/off, custom 3D print a lightswitch so you can control every appliance or light in your house.
Houses and commercial premises have big banks of light switches. I can never remember if the third from the left is the kitchen fan or the light.
Using 3D printing you can create lightswitches suitable for complicated environments. This design uses thin sections that allow the switch to flex onto a membrane switch. The design includes a standard grid for the membrane switches - any suitably qualified electrician can wire it up for you.
Designed by Adam at thebeehive.net.au
Houses and commercial premises have big banks of light switches. I can never remember if the third from the left is the kitchen fan or the light.
Using 3D printing you can create lightswitches suitable for complicated environments. This design uses thin sections that allow the switch to flex onto a membrane switch. The design includes a standard grid for the membrane switches - any suitably qualified electrician can wire it up for you.
Designed by Adam at thebeehive.net.au
Instructions
Open the Solidworks file and draw your layout - could be your whole house, the appliances in a single room, or text descriptors.
Print both parts and have a qualified electrician install it. Voila!
Print both parts and have a qualified electrician install it. Voila!
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relet
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October 31, 2011
said:
Awesome idea. In practice I think that most people will need symbols to differentiate the switch for the ambient light from that for the spots from the light for the stairs up.
But then, I just haven't arrived in the age of home automation yet, and if I want to control the lights in my non-existent garage *and* in my bedroom where I can't see either, I would need to have an on/off indicator in the controls to know which way they are toggled right now.
Well, that's just some feedback for the next release. ;)
License
Floorplan Lightswitch by Beehive is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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Donald Norman wrote about this idea in The Design of Everyday Things, except his version sat horizontally like a shelf sticking out from the wall. It's a great idea anyway, kudos if you really re-invented the same idea. ;-)