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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by doors[/i] [br]You often see a mechanical timer switch on the wall in stairwells of communal blocks of flats. You depress the button into its housing making a circuit, and the light comes on. The button then gradually returns to it's normal state, the circuit is broken and the light goes out. Can I create this process with electronics ? I will only be using a 6v dc current. I have little knowledge of electronics, a 2hr fiasco of trying to assemble a crystal powered radio with my dad fifty years ago put me off for life, so will probably be buying a ready made circuit. I've seen a delay timer relay circuit which switches the current after a set period, but it needs a constant current, which then has to be cut before being turned back on, to restart the timer. In essence I need a momentary on/off switch to trigger a delay timer relay. Is there such a circuit that is sold commercially and what is it called, or will it have to be created from scratch ? Thanks for any assistance. [/quote]    Insert an Image File (GIF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, ZIP, PNG) Check here to include your profile signature.