.. and all for the want of a horseshoe nail

[threemonkeys]

I may have lost an old companion. For half my life, I have had the same lamp beside my bed - many a book has been read by its light. It is certainly the oldest piece of electrical equipment I own. Now the switch has broken. It isn't the first time, but last time I was easily able to buy a replacement switch at Dick Smiths and install it. Now I can't find a switch anywhere that will both fit and handle mains voltage - even jaycar don't seem to have a suitable one. It is going to mean major surgery to adapt a different sort of switch and the surgeon is an incompetent fool. I don't hold out much hope.

ETA: Fixed - thanks to some good advice from mundens

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[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

...and the news is good. Mitre 10 did have the switch I was after. Mind you, I got the last one they had.

Thanks for the good advice.