Re: Does any wall dimmer have overload protection?

["John J. Bengii" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have not seen many of these in a duplex receptacle configuration but there
are a few that would work in N. America, as standards.

http://www.systemconnection.com/downloads/PDFs/NEMAPlugReceptacleConfigurations.pdf


"Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "D&SW" wrote:
>>
>> ... Maybe you should simply put a label on the outlet so the housekeeper
>> won't plug the Dyson in those outlets.
>
> Good idea.  I've been considering the same potential problem in my home.
> We have a number of lamp outlets for lamps which I'd like to control with
> Z-Wave dimmers.  The problem is the maid might use them for the vacuum.  I
> have a solution that will work for me at least.  I will bring back a few
> plugs and outlets this winter when I come back from Brazil.  They use the
> same spacing but instead of spades they use round posts.  I'll swap out
> the outlets and the plugs on the lamps so they and they only will fit in
> the dimmed outlets. Unfortunately, there's no way to split a duplex outlet
> and leave one side (non-dimmed) Edison style and the other (dimmed)
> Brazilian.
>
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>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
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