Need help with lamp switch terminology


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Old 11-29-18, 11:19 AM
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Need help with lamp switch terminology

We have an old table lamp where the switch has gone bad. The problem is I'm not sure what to look for when hunting for a replacement switch. It sort works like a three-way switch.

It has a decorative night light bulb at the base of the lamp and a regular bulb at the top of the lamp. When you turn the switch knob, one click only the bottom light comes on, two clicks only the top light comes on, and third clicks both the top and bottom lights come on. Three-way switches work with one three-way bulb. What do I need to have for one switch to work with two bulbs?

Thanks in advance!
 
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Old 11-29-18, 12:02 PM
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I don't know what color or finish you want but here is what you need. I think the proper terminology is a two-circuit 3 terminal socket AKA night-light socket

If the socket shell is in good shape you can use just the guts of that socket and use the existing covering EX: just replace what the actual bulb (lamp) screws into.
 
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Old 11-29-18, 08:10 PM
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What you want is a 3 way rotary lamp switch.
It is 4 positions
off
L1
L2
L1 + L2

http://www.mylampparts.com/Departmen...O-CIRCUIT.aspx

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