Switch for a lighting system
AssigneeProgress Lighting, LLC
InventorsThomas Warren Weeks, Jr., Douglas Matthew Hamilton
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Abstract
A switch includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal. The switch includes an output node coupled to the second terminal and the third terminal. The switch includes a contactor coupled to the first terminal and movable between at least a first position and a second position. The first terminal is coupled to the second terminal when the contactor is in the first position. The first terminal is coupled to the third terminal when the contactor is in the second position. When the contactor is in the first position, the switch is configured to provide direct current power at the output node. When the contactor is in the second position, the switch is configured to provide alternating current power at the output node.
Claims19
A switch, comprising:
- an output node coupled to a first terminal and a second terminal;
- and
- a contactor movable between the first terminal and the second terminal,
- wherein when the contactor is at the first terminal, the switch is configured to provide direct current power at the output node,
- wherein when the contactor is at the second terminal, the switch is configured to provide alternating current power at the output node, and
- wherein the switch comprises a power converter coupled between the first terminal and the output node.
A system for controlling operation of a lighting system including a lighting fixture comprising a light source and an auxiliary load, the system comprising:
- a switch couplable to a power source for the lighting system, the switch movable between at least a first position and a second position,
- wherein when the switch is in the first position, the switch is configured to provide direct current power to the auxiliary load, and
- wherein when the switch is in the second position, the switch is configured to provide alternating current power to both the auxiliary load and the light source.
A switch, comprising:
- a contactor movable between a first position and a second position;
- and
- a power converter coupled between the first position and a power circuit,
- wherein when the contactor is in the first position, the power converter is configured to convert alternating current power to direct current power and provide the direct current power to the power circuit, and
- wherein when the contactor is in the second position, the switch is configured to provide the alternating current power to the power circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.