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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Grayling Love, Fayetteville, GA (US);
Ahmed El-Gayyar, Senoia, GA (US);
Sumeet T. Raghavani, Pune, IN;
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A dimmer switch system for dimming a load includes a master dimmer structured to be electrically connected to a power source and the load and to control dimming of the load by regulating power provided from the power source to the load, and at least one accessory dimmer structured to be electrically connected to the master dimmer via a traveler conductor. The master dimmer includes a first visual load status indicator structured to emit light in a plurality of colors. The at least one accessory dimmer includes a second visual load status indicator structured to emit light in a plurality of colors, and is structured to set a color of light emitted by the second visual load status indicator based on a first control signal generated by the master dimmer on the traveler conductor, and to generate a second control signal on the traveler conductor.