Power control module for electrical appliances

An electric appliance comprising:

• one or more loads;
• at least one power module electrically coupled to the one or more loads, each of the at least one power module comprising:
• a logic circuit configured to generate one or more control signals indicative of the power level to be applied from an external power supply coupled to the power module to the one or more loads;
• an electromechanical device configured to electrically connect the external power supply to the one or more loads based on the one or more control signals from the logic circuit;
• a user-controlled circuit configured to provide a signal indicative of a power level to deliver to the one or more loads, the signal is based on input received from a user-controlled actuator configured to be placed in one of a plurality of positions corresponding to user-provided input;
• and
• a housing configured to receive the electromechanical device.