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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. Light switch - Wikipedia

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   A toggle light switch Internal components of a toggle switch. The toggle mechanism provides "snap-action" through the use of an "over-center" geometry. The design was patented in 1916 by William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg. [2] The switch actuator does not control the contacts directly, but through an intermediate arrangement of springs and ...

4. Leviton - Wikipedia

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   In 1916, Leviton moved its headquarters to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, [5] and in 1922 Leviton moved to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. [2] The company first began manufacturing wall outlets and switches in the 1920s. [3] In 1936, Leviton built a new manufacturing plant in Greenpoint that allowed the company to begin making pull chains. [3]

5. Universal powerline bus - Wikipedia

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   Some examples of actions that can be achieved without a hub or controller would be: timed shutoff of a bathroom fan (timer plug-in module or a switch with timer feature built-in), lights turning on or off based on a photocell's sensing of sunlight (I/O plug-in module), turning on one set of lights with a single tap of the switch and turning on ...

6. X10 (industry standard) - Wikipedia

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   Many older appliance units have a 'local control' feature whereby the relay is intentionally bypassed with a high value resistor; the module can then sense the appliance's own switch and turn on the relay when the local switch is operated. This sense current may be incompatible with LED or CFL lamps. Not all devices can be used on a dimmer.

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   Black Friday is only a few days away, but Target Black Friday deals have already started. The bulls-eye retailer has been dropping deals left and right with savings of up to 50% on many top brands.