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Residential Lighting Controls

Peter Walsh, PE

Electrical contractors are receiving questions from homeowners about simple lighting controls. The customers frequently try to use their new CFL or LED lamps on old dimmers creating issues. Some consumers attempt energy savings by trying to install occupancy or vacancy sensors. Sometimes they have unsatisfactory results. What are some of the more common problems?

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Leviton Manufacturing Company: SmartlockPro® Outlet Branch Circuit AFCI Receptacle

Siemens Industry, Inc. : Combination Type AFCIs

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SmartlockPro® Self-Test GFCI

Leviton applauds the new UL requirement for GFCIs to be self-testing beginning June 29, 2015! It performs a self-test every fifteen minutes to confirm that protected power is available. The SmartlockPro Self-Test GFCI also features our patented RESET/LOCKOUT preventing RESET if the GFCI cannot respond to a ground fault.