How to install a smart switch.

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  • Author(s): MASAOKA, DAN (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    PCWorld. Nov2019, Vol. 37 Issue 11, p106-109. 4p. 4 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      COPPER wire; LIGHT bulbs; BULBS (Plants)
    • Abstract:
      That's because smart bulbs are equipped with radios that depend on a steady supply of electricity to operate, and a dimmer varies the amount of electricity flowing to the bulb. If only one switch controls the flow of electricity to that bulb you want to control, you have a single-pole switch. If two switches can control it - for example, switches on opposite sides of the room - you have a three-way switch (if more than two switches control the same light, it's described as a four-way circuit.). [Extracted from the article]
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