Basement Attic Light Switch Riddle

If insulation is packed too tightly around the light fixture it may be trapping heat around the light fixture canister causing the limit switch to overheat and shut down the light fixture.

Basement attic light switch riddle.

As long as you don t stop for a beer before running up the light that s off but warm to the touch is the first switch. There are three switches in the basement two of which are useless one is connected to a lightbulb in the attic. Flip a second switch and run up to the attic. Outside of the closet there are three light switches.

Test your brain logic by trying to solve this real life situation riddle. You have no way to see into the attic or to see reflected light from the attic. Turn on one switch for five minutes then turn it off. However you know the light is off to start.

Install a lower wattage lightbulb if necessary. Then switch 1 would be the switch. Switch 2 on 5 minutes then shut off. Compare the wattage on the light bulb with the rating printed on the light fixture.

How can you find out which switch to which bulb corresponds. I was thinking about the light switches. One of them controls a lamp in the attic and two of them do nothing. The door is closed and you cannot see if the light is on or off through the door.

That is switch on 1 2 wait a minute switch off two and go to the attic and check if the bulb is on hot or cold. If you go upstairs to the attic you are not allowed to return to basement. The light on is the second and the light off is the switch you didn t flip. The famous light bulb riddle.

You are in a basement with three light. Switch 1 leave on 5 minutes then shut off. If the bulb is cold. You can play with the switches as much as you want and after that you can visit the attic above just once.

You are in the basement of a house where there are are three identical on off switches. Switch 3 on 5 minutes then off. If you have 3 switches downstairs have a time delay of 5 minutes between each switch. It s basically the same solution as our first idea.

How can you figure out which light switch goes to which light bulb by only making 1 trip upstairs. All of them are turned off and their switches are installed downstairs. You must determine which needs saving and remove the other two.