Pera Light Switch

Hi there!

This is a really easy project just to cover a need I had. There was this light that I wanted to switch on and off from my bed without adding a new sitch to the wall or anything too slow. So I came up with this switch. In Catalan we call it "interruptor de pera" (pear switch) and with some extra wire and a plug I got my new switch.

1 - Pear switch

2 - female power plug

3 - male power plug

4 - strip of 2 wire cable ( I took it form the power connetor of an old laptop, so I had the male and wire already joined)

5 - screwdriver, pliers and cutter

About 10 cm from the male plug cut the cover of the cable to get to the wires.

Take off an 8 cm loop of the wires.

Cut one of them in a half (I choosed the blue one)

Open the female plug and connect both ends to it.

Close the plug and that's all.

I added one calbe tie (unex) in order to keep the llop tight to the wire and strongly keep both blue wires together out of the plug.

Last step of all.

Slid the cover of the switch to the cable.

Connect the two wires to the switch:

Be sure to connect the 2 positions that act like switch. Usually this switches have 4 screws to allow multiple switching.

Hold the screws, roll the cover and that's all.

Hope it's helpfull.