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id:
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aliases: []
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tags:
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- authorship/original
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- destiny/permanent
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- status/incomplete
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- topic/construction/electrical
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- type/encyclopedia
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title: Lighting Controls
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---
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# Lighting Controls
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## Technologies
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* Triac (Line voltage dim)
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* Analog (0-10V dim)
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* Digital
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* Wireless
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All these control methods are likely to appear in drawings.
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### 0-10V Dimming
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In conduit:
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```
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Southwire 64350501
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SIMpull® 16/2 Low Voltage Signal Cable, Blue
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```
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This method is compliant with
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[[nfpa-70_725_control-circuits#725.136(I) Other Applications.|NEC 725.136(I)(1)]],
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which allows control circuits to share a raceway with power conductors
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if either all of the power conductors or all of the control conductors
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are themselves in a raceway,
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or in metal-sheathed, metal-clad, non–metallic-sheathed, or Type UF cable.
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### Triac Dimming
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Triac dimmers work by chopping the AC power waveform.
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This reduces the output power, so the lamp dims.
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> [!info]
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> "Triac" refers to the electronic component
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> that does the wave-chopping.
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There are two subtypes based on which side of the wave is chopped.
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* Magnetic Low Voltage (MLV)** -- AKA "Leading Edge" or "Forward Phase"
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* Electronic Low Voltage (ELV)** -- AKA "Trailing Edge" or "Reverse Phase"
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> [!important]
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> The "magnetic" and "electronic" of MLV and ELV
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> are holdovers from pre-LED days.
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> They have nothing to do with how they are used today.
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> They are, unfortunately, the most common terms.
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> [!important]
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> "Triac" is sometimes used in contrast to ELV erroneously to mean MLV
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There also exist "universal" dimmers,
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which can be switched between the two subtypes.
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