Any lamp with an auto-turn on feature?

[Alienwho]

My bedroom has no windows. It's a cave in here. I have a hard time waking up because there is no light. Does anybody know of a bedroom lamp that can be programmed to turn on at a certain time? It would be best if it starts dim and gradually gets brighter.

 

[MustISO]

A digital timer would work but I don't know of one that has a dim to bright feature.

 

[Baked]

You can buy a timer from walgreens and plug that in between the lamp and wall socket.

 

[nakedfrog]

Something like this, maybe?
There are other similar items, but they always seem to be a bit pricey for what they are.

 

[Mark R]

Just put a lamp on a timer. I do just this during the Winter - don't really need it at the moment as enough light comes in through my bedroom windows now.

Although, the lamp I use is a 150W industrial daylight-spectrum HID, which I bought for cheap off ebay as scrap. HID lamps are very slow to warm up, and start off very dim, gradually reaching full brightness after about 5 minutes - so it works quite well as a dawn simulator (except for the fact that the light starts off green, then goes purple before finally going white). By the time the lamp has warmed up, it's so bright that it's like sitting on a beach at noon (A 150 W HID is roughly equivalent to 1000W halogen).

 

[Jeff7]

Dim to bright probably isn't going to be much of a concern.
1) Your eyes are closed.
2) You're going to be asleep when it turns on.

I'd bet that it'll take you awhile to even become sufficiently conscious to notice that the light was on. I think that those slow-dim "natural sunrise" lamps are an expensive gimmick.
If you get a digital timer, make sure it has a manual on/off switch. I got a $10 digital GE timer, and the goddamn thing doesn't have a manual switch, meaning you need to unplug the lamp from it, and plug it into a regular outlet if you want to turn it on outside of its dedicated hours.

That, or else I'm somehow missing something important in the instructions.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Dim to bright probably isn't going to be much of a concern.
1) Your eyes are closed.
2) You're going to be asleep when it turns on.

I'd bet that it'll take you awhile to even become sufficiently conscious to notice that the light was on. I think that those slow-dim "natural sunrise" lamps are an expensive gimmick.
If you get a digital timer, make sure it has a manual on/off switch. I got a $10 digital GE timer, and the goddamn thing doesn't have a manual switch, meaning you need to unplug the lamp from it, and plug it into a regular outlet if you want to turn it on outside of its dedicated hours.

That, or else I'm somehow missing something important in the instructions.

Maybe it's just the lazy in me, but I'd probably buy another lamp at the thrift store or something for normal use and plug it into the same outlet

 

[Leros]

There are a couple of alarm clocks that gradually raise a light up.

 

[ISAslot]

http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-...&qid=1240449891&sr=1-5

cheap too

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Maybe it's just the lazy in me, but I'd probably buy another lamp at the thrift store or something for normal use and plug it into the same outlet

Or just buy this instead.




Seriously, GE. You made a timer without a manual override. What the hell???

 

[Adam8281]

Timer. That, or you could get a clapper and train yourself to clap in your sleep when it's time to get up.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I've got it! Get a low pressure sodium lamp on a timer. They take a while to warm up, they produce a nifty humming sound and, best of all, ain't no one gonna sleep through 400 watts of Sodium goodness.

 

[mugs]

We got something like this for our outdoor lights: http://www.amazon.com/Aube-Hon...&qid=1240451498&sr=8-1

It has a manual override.

In case it isn't clear it replaces the lightswitch, not the outlet.

 

[Leros]

Progressive Light Alarm Clock

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Maybe it's just the lazy in me, but I'd probably buy another lamp at the thrift store or something for normal use and plug it into the same outlet

Or just buy this instead.




Seriously, GE. You made a timer without a manual override. What the hell???

Yeah, but a thrift store lamp is probably cheaper. Or garage sale. Whatever.