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Switch Inc. was established in 2000 by Rob Roy, who is both the CEO and the company's leading inventor and chief engineer. [3] In 2002, Roy acquired a former Enron facility in Nevada through an auction he was the sole attendee of, due to the secretive nature of Enron's fiber plans.
ASCO (Automatic Switch Company) Power Technologies, a business unit of Schneider Electric, makes electrical equipment used in healthcare facilities, data centers, communication networks, commercial buildings, and industrial plants. ASCO also includes a Services branch, providing maintenance programs, modifications, upgrades, and emergency repairs.
A high-voltage disconnect switch used in an electrical substation. Such switches are used mostly to isolate circuits, and usually cannot break load current. High-voltage switches are available for the highest transmission voltages, up to 1 million volts. This switch is gang-operated so that all three phases are interrupted at the same time.
Legrand acquired leading U.S. data center power system manufacturer American Universal Electric Corporation headquartered near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [50] and Jobo Smartech, a Chinese company of connected controls for hotel rooms. [51] 2020: Acquisition of Focal Point LLC, a private architectural lighting manufacturer based in Chicago.
In electrical wiring, a light switch is a switch most commonly used to operate electric lights, permanently connected equipment, or electrical outlets. Portable lamps such as table lamps may have a light switch mounted on the socket, base, or in-line with the cord.
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Horton, an 1895 electrical engineering graduate of the University of Michigan, was credited with the invention of the safety switch, which encased high voltage switches and started the company's main line of business of circuit breakers and encased control panels. [2] Their first enclosed safety switch was introduced in 1909.
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