Basement Attic Light Switch Riddle

Turn on one switch for five minutes then turn it off.

Basement attic light switch riddle.

You must determine which needs saving and remove the other two. 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. There are three light bulbs in your attic. If you have 3 switches downstairs have a time delay of 5 minutes between each switch.

How can you find out which switch to which bulb corresponds. There are three switches in the basement two of which are useless one is connected to a lightbulb in the attic. There are 3 switches downstairs each corresponding to one of the light bulbs upstairs. All of them are turned off and their switches are installed downstairs.

You have no way to see into the attic or to see reflected light from the attic. One of them controls a lamp in the attic and two of them do nothing. If the bulb is cold. However you know the light is off to start.

Switch 3 on 5 minutes then off. You can play with the switches as much as you want and after that you can visit the attic above just once. Then switch 1 would be the switch. Flip a second switch and run up to the attic.

How can you figure out which light switch goes to which light bulb by only making 1 trip upstairs. Switch 2 on 5 minutes then shut off. The door is closed and you cannot see if the light is on or off through the door. You are in a basement with three light.

Compare the wattage on the light bulb with the rating printed on the light fixture. Install a lower wattage lightbulb if necessary. 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. 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.

The famous light bulb riddle. I was thinking about the light switches. Switch 1 leave on 5 minutes then shut off. Test your brain logic by trying to solve this real life situation riddle.

You are in the basement of a house where there are are three identical on off switches. If you go upstairs to the attic you are not allowed to return to basement. It s basically the same solution as our first idea.