Reattaching Touch Plate

11 years ago

There are three (what look like) puck lights in the old house we just purchased. They used to be turned on via a touch plate. That touch plate is missing. Somehow, the lights got activated and now we can't turn them off. We opened the wall behind where the touch plate used to be and there is a sole wire, assuming it is what used to be connected to the touch plate. All other wires are behind the walls and I do not want to open them. Is it possible to reattached this exposed wire to a new touch plate? Most of what I see sold is a touch plate already attached to a wire... I need a solo touch plate. Any ideas if this is doable, or what I should do?

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toxcrusadr
11 years ago
Why not get one with a wire and splice it onto the existing wire?

I'm curious where the circuitry is located on this. If it has a low voltage transformer and a relay to turn them on and off with a touch plate, I would think you can't put that stuff inside a wall without using a box with an access cover. But I'm no expert on electrical code.
Ron Natalie
11 years ago
The "touch plate" is just attached by small gauge wire. You can safely repair/extend the singe wire connecting to it. Your hand when it touches the plate just alters the capacitance of a very low voltage/low current tuned circuit that the light's internal dimmer/switch uses. Some of the units don't even have a plate, you just connect the wire to the metal frame of the lamp.
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