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Default Replacing a wall switch that supplies power to a wall outlet


"Mark Lloyd" wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:37:56 -0400, "RBM" wrote:

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If it's a low voltage switching system, there will be at least 3 wires on
the switches. Common- On-Off


Don't they make toggle relays? Those would work with just 2 wires
(alternating on/off with each current pulse).

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That's how a ratchet relay works, but this is a system designed by GE, and
uses cylindrical latching relays that have an on circuit and an off circuit