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How do lights such as touch lamps turn on and off and adjust the level of brightness if they do not have an on/off switch to complete or interrupt the circuit?


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Well, they do have an on/off switch somewhere inside of them, it is just activated differently from regular switches. Does that answer the question?

Arthur Smith


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