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Title: Three Way Lamp Mystery
Post by Scubadvr2001 on Sep 16^th, 2017, 6:05pm

I brought 2 three way lamps from the US to London 8 years ago and was not able to utilise the 3 way function because there are no 3 way bulbs in the UK. I recently purchased a Philips 55 watt halogen dimmable bulb, inserted it into the lamp and now have a lamp that produces two levels of brightness. My wife was very happy! I am using a US to UK adapter on the wire plug. Now the mystery - I purchased a couple of new 3 way lamps from the U.S. and shipped them to France. Instead of using an adapter, I decided to replace the US plugs with French plugs. I took the Philips bulb from London to France, inserted it into the lamp and I do not get a lamp that produces two levels of brightness. It only produces one level. Does anyone know how to fix this issue so that I get a lamp in France that produces two levels of brightness? Thank you.

Title: Re: Three Way Lamp Mystery
Post by CWatters on Sep 18^th, 2017, 12:29pm

Quote:

I recently purchased a Philips 55 watt halogen dimmable bulb, inserted it into the lamp and now have a lamp that produces two levels of brightness.

Is that designed to be a three way bulb? eg it's got three electrical contacts on the end?