{"id":117,"date":"2021-02-24T03:24:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T08:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/part\/common-switching-circuits\/"},"modified":"2021-04-09T14:34:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T18:34:39","slug":"common-switching-circuits","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/part\/common-switching-circuits\/","title":{"raw":"Common Switching Circuits","rendered":"Common Switching Circuits"},"content":{"raw":"This chapter will illustrate some common circuits used in household lighting systems such as single-pole and 3-way switching and discuss <strong>wiring<\/strong> and <strong>schematic<\/strong> diagrams related to the various circuits.\r\n\r\nCare must be taken in new lighting installations to include an<strong> identified conductor<\/strong> at each switch location controlling a permanently installed <strong>luminaire<\/strong>, which will necessitate some changes in wiring practice, as see in the \"dead-end switch\" example.\r\n\r\nThis requirement is to facilitate an expected increase in the use of smart switches, which are loads in and of themselves, and so need a connection to the grounded conductor to be properly utilized.","rendered":"<p>This chapter will illustrate some common circuits used in household lighting systems such as single-pole and 3-way switching and discuss <strong>wiring<\/strong> and <strong>schematic<\/strong> diagrams related to the various circuits.<\/p>\n<p>Care must be taken in new lighting installations to include an<strong> identified conductor<\/strong> at each switch location controlling a permanently installed <strong>luminaire<\/strong>, which will necessitate some changes in wiring practice, as see in the &#8220;dead-end switch&#8221; example.<\/p>\n<p>This requirement is to facilitate an expected increase in the use of smart switches, which are loads in and of themselves, and so need a connection to the grounded conductor to be properly utilized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-117","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/117\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/lightingforelectricians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}