The use of Electricity for lighting is in no way harmful to health

Scuba SM

#1 – 2:22 PM November 5, 2008

Well, it might affect the soundness of your sleep if you're used to a dose of CO and CO2 just before you go to bed.

EdWatkins

#2 – 2:23 PM November 5, 2008

Ooh.. I love the sound of that.
An old fashioned brass key in the wall that turns on a light.

guy_jin

#3 – 3:28 PM November 5, 2008

where was this found?

Rob Beschizza

#4 – 4:34 PM November 5, 2008

I have no idea, Next Nature doesn't seem to cite

Nora

#5 – 12:17 AM November 6, 2008

I would love to get one of those to stick up on my wall. In case anyone was wondering.

My apartment was built in an era when they thought buttons were superior to lightswitches so we have buttons everywhere, too, so the message about the key would make it approx 3x more confusing.

arikol

#6 – 1:00 AM November 6, 2008

It's obvious that Edisons people were not psychologists nor had any other training or experience with people..

"There is NO reason to worry. The mutant scorpions have NOT wscaped the zoo and are definitely not likely to hide in your shoes."

Latente

#7 – 2:55 AM November 6, 2008

Alternate current in EVIL!

Direct current is SAFE! Don't use alternate current

Anonymous Anonymous

#8 – 3:44 AM November 6, 2008

The use of Electricity for lightning is in no way harmful to health

arikol

#9 – 6:55 AM November 6, 2008

is alternate current like alternative music? Maybe more goth style? Would be interesting to see current like that!

oh, you mean alternatING current. Sorry about that...

wormbaby

#10 – 7:00 AM November 6, 2008

They just turned off the last outpost of the current wars in New York city last year. They actually still had a few buildings whose mains were D.C. The conversion to A.C. only took 79 years lol.

airship

#11 – 7:04 AM November 6, 2008

#5, I grew up in a house with the dual-pushbutton switches, and thought they were uber-cool compared to the toggles in my friends' newer homes. We also had the old disconnected gaslight fixtures still affixed to the walls.

claud9999

#12 – 7:36 AM November 6, 2008

FYI, I have one of these...They were produced as a novelty item by a novelty print company. I got mine new in the mid-80's from a gift shop in the town I lived in as a teen. I have no idea whether they are based on original instructions or not, somehow I suspect the company took artistic license.

Nora

#13 – 9:25 AM November 6, 2008

#11 It's sort of amusing because they make a loud BUZZ when you press them. The only bad part is that my friends like to hit all of the buttons, which has led me to move my PS3 to a plug that is not controlled by the switches by the door.

jamied21

#14 – 12:55 PM November 6, 2008

My physics lecturer has one of these on his wall. It's brilliant.