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  2. Joel Spira (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Joel Solon Spira (March 1, 1927 – April 8, 2015) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and business magnate.. He invented a version of the light-dimmer switch for use in homes around the United States and led his Lutron Electronics Company into the production of lighting controllers.

  3. Dimmer - Wikipedia

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    A dimmer rack containing 192 dimmers, with one dimmer per circuit. The dark-grey box at the upper left is a demultiplexer. Dimmer in a residential application with RF-based remote control. Non domestic dimmers are usually controlled remotely by means of various protocols.

  4. Light switch - Wikipedia

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    Two light switches in one box. The switch on the right is a dimmer switch. The switch box is covered by a decorative plate. The first light switch employing "quick-break technology" was invented by John Henry Holmes in 1884 in the Shieldfield district of Newcastle upon Tyne. [1]

  5. Lighting control system - Wikipedia

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    The term lighting control system refers to an intelligent networked system of devices related to lighting control. These devices may include relays, occupancy sensors, photocells, light control switches or touchscreens, and signals from other building systems (such as fire alarm or HVAC). Adjustment of the system occurs both at device locations ...

  6. Computer fan control - Wikipedia

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    A fan controller with LEDs indicating fan status and potentiometers and switches to control fan speeds. Another method, popular with PC hardware enthusiasts, is the manual fan speed controller. They can be mounted in an expansion slot or a 5.25" or 3.5" drive bay or come built into a computer's case. Using switches or knobs, attached fans can ...

  7. Halogen lamp - Wikipedia

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    Halogen lamps made for 12 to 24 volt operation have good light outputs, and the very compact filaments are particularly beneficial for optical control (see picture). The ranges of multifaceted reflector "MR" lamps of 20–50 watts were originally conceived for the projection of 8 mm film, but are now widely used for display lighting and in the ...

  8. List of generic and genericized trademarks - Wikipedia

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    Rocker light switch: Leviton: Frequently used in the United States to refer to any rocker light switch regardless of manufacturer, [93] [94] but still trademarked. [95] Dictaphone: Dictation machine: Nuance Communications, part of Microsoft: Used to describe devices that are used to record speech such as handheld voice recorders. [citation ...