Home Theater/Game Room Thread

This is not really the thread for this, but I figure it is probably closer than anywhere else.

I have battery backups for all of my important devices, but I also have a few smaller ones that I use for stuff like a lamp. Not because I care about protecting the lamp, but because it is super convenient to have a lamp stay powered for hours whenever the power goes out. While my power doesn't go out all that much, it still happens a couple of times a year, and I've gotten good use out of having a lamp during those times.

However, the one I want to power the most is the one that connects to the wall switch, and I can't for obvious reasons. Long story short, I literally want something like this switch, except instead of a thumb toggle, I want to plug the wall switch into the side and use that as the toggle instead. I'm sure there is some way to do it with remote control stuff, but I don't want that. They have the switch right here, it just needs an input instead of that red switch. I've tried every search term I can think of, but all I find are these type.

Has anyone seen anything like what I'm looking for?

Void said:

This is not really the thread for this, but I figure it is probably closer than anywhere else.

I have battery backups for all of my important devices, but I also have a few smaller ones that I use for stuff like a lamp. Not because I care about protecting the lamp, but because it is super convenient to have a lamp stay powered for hours whenever the power goes out. While my power doesn't go out all that much, it still happens a couple of times a year, and I've gotten good use out of having a lamp during those times.

However, the one I want to power the most is the one that connects to the wall switch, and I can't for obvious reasons. Long story short, I literally want something like this switch, except instead of a thumb toggle, I want to plug the wall switch into the side and use that as the toggle instead. I'm sure there is some way to do it with remote control stuff, but I don't want that. They have the switch right here, it just needs an input instead of that red switch. I've tried every search term I can think of, but all I find are these type.

Has anyone seen anything like what I'm looking for?

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I've been thinking about a similar solution too mostly for disaster situations. The only thing I could come up with was something like a Tesla power wall.

BrutulTM said:

I don't understand what you're talking about. You want to power the circuit for your ceiling light fixtures?

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No, a normal standing lamp that plugs into the wall and is controlled by the wall switch right by the front door, but way across the room. I want to plug that lamp into the battery backup, but still control it from the wall switch.