Remotely controllable switch for incorporating in a wall socket
First Claim
1. A remotely controllable switch unit for switching the mains inside an electrical installation, wherein the switch unit comprises:
- an electrically controllable switch;
a control circuit for controlling the switch; and
a receiver coupled to the control circuit for receiving wireless signals, wherein the switch unit is adapted for mounting in a housing of a wall socket and is provided with a female part of the wall socket such that the wall socket is configured to receive a plug of an electrical device and wherein the switch unit is provided with a dimmer and wherein the control circuit is adapted to sense the nature of a load connected to the female part of the wall socket and to block the dimming function when the load is not substantially formed by a resistance.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a remotely controllable switch unit for switching the mains inside an electrical installation, wherein the switch unit comprises an electrically controllable switch, a control circuit for controlling the switch, a receiver coupled to the control circuit for receiving wireless signals, wherein the switch unit is adapted for mounting in a housing of a wall socket. As a result of these measures it is no longer necessary to place a separate unit between the wall socket and the plug for connecting thereto. The appearance of an electrical installation is hereby improved. Relative to the “bus” system and similar devices, the advantage results that arranging of such a switch unit can take place in particularly simple manner; no changes need after all be made to the wiring of the electrical installation.
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17 Claims
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1. A remotely controllable switch unit for switching the mains inside an electrical installation, wherein the switch unit comprises:
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an electrically controllable switch; a control circuit for controlling the switch; and a receiver coupled to the control circuit for receiving wireless signals, wherein the switch unit is adapted for mounting in a housing of a wall socket and is provided with a female part of the wall socket such that the wall socket is configured to receive a plug of an electrical device and wherein the switch unit is provided with a dimmer and wherein the control circuit is adapted to sense the nature of a load connected to the female part of the wall socket and to block the dimming function when the load is not substantially formed by a resistance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A remotely controllable switch unit for switching the mains inside an electrical installation, wherein the switch unit comprises:
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an electrically controllable switch; a control circuit for controlling the switch; and a receiver coupled to the control circuit for receiving wireless signals, wherein the switch unit is adapted for mounting in a housing of a wall socket configured to receive a plug of an electrical device, and the switch unit is provided with a dimmer and the control circuit is adapted to sense the nature of a load connected to the wall socket when a plug of an electrical device is coupled thereto and to block the dimming function when the load is not substantially formed by a resistance.
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