Basement Attic Light Switch Riddle

There are three light bulbs in your attic.

Basement attic light switch riddle.

If the bulb is cold. All of them are turned off and their switches are installed downstairs. You must determine which needs saving and remove the other two. Outside of the closet there are three light switches.

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. Test your brain logic by trying to solve this real life situation riddle. How can you figure out which light switch goes to which light bulb by only making 1 trip upstairs. How can you find out which switch to which bulb corresponds.

You are in a basement with three light. 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 door is closed and you cannot see if the light is on or off through the door. Switch 1 leave on 5 minutes then shut off.

Go upstairs and touch the bulb. One of them controls a lamp in the attic and two of them do nothing. Flip a second switch and run up to the attic. You are in the basement of a house where there are are three identical on off switches.

The famous light bulb riddle. It s basically the same solution as our first idea. If you go upstairs to the attic you are not allowed to return to basement. Switch 2 on 5 minutes then shut off.

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. The light on is the second and the light off is the switch you didn t flip. 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.

However you know the light is off to start. Compare the wattage on the light bulb with the rating printed on the light fixture. You can play with the switches as much as you want and after that you can visit the attic above just once. Turn on one switch for five minutes then turn it off.

You have no way to see into the attic or to see reflected light from the attic. Then switch 1 would be the switch. Install a lower wattage lightbulb if necessary.