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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2023
Lutron Technology Company Llc, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Dinesh Sundara Moorthy, Allentown, PA (US);
James P. Steiner, Royersford, PA (US);
Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A load control device for controlling power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical device may be configured to conduct current through earth ground and may disconnect a switching circuit to reduce an amount of current conducted through the earth ground. The load control device may comprise a controllably conductive device configured to control the power delivered from the AC power source to the electrical device so as to generate a switched-hot voltage, a switching circuit electrically coupled with a detect circuit, and a control circuit configured to render the switching circuit conductive and nonconductive. The detect circuit may generate a detect signal indicating a magnitude of the switched-hot voltage. The control circuit may be configured to monitor the detect signal and to render the switching circuit non-conductive after detecting an edge on the detect signal to reduce the total current through the earth ground.