Re: Leviton "Air Gap Switch" on Dimmer Controls

["Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx>]

While it seem to some that such stuff is totally not useful, we have to keep
in mind that some user of such device could in fact have difficulty
understanding the risk they take while changing a light bulb...

Just think that a driver of a Winnebago did hurt himself and won in court
after placing his RV in autopilot (cruise control) and started making his
next meal in the back of the RV...

Like someone here like to say, it's not rocket science, but it's still more
then crushing a skull with a club...


"BruceR" <bruceNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : CI-dnddvrLtcf_bVnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> It's the world we live in.
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> "Tom" <donot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Thanks, Bruce. Thanks for your help on the other thread too.
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>> While I was waiting, I called Leviton and asked the same thing. It was
>> your answers that helped me understand theirs. The rep vacillated on the
>> point about protecting the switch while emphasising the "safety" aspect.
>> It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize that he"had" to state the
>> party line about protecting the switch.  It just irks me that features
>> like this are added because of our litigative society that believes that
>> caution and common sense are someone elses responsibility.
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>> "BruceR" <bruceNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:VtednYr1rPNEXfbVnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Exactly, I usually just screw in a new bulb since I know better that to
>>> stick my finger in the socket. Never caused a problem with the switch or
>>> the bulb. That's been my experience using X10/Leviton/Switchlinc
>>> switches since 1984.
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>>> "Tom" <donot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:_SOak.8701$1I.3505@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> If I understand you correctly, you have Leviton dimmers and have
>>>> changed many bulbs without using the switch?
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>>>> I can understand the safety rational but it does seem a bit awkward
>>>> since that switch is anything but easy to operate. I would guess that
>>>> most would forget about it or simply ignore it altogether given its
>>>> PITA factor.
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>>>> "BruceR" <bruceNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:1K6dnQU4T4FgKPbVnZ2dnUVZ_u6dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> It's a safety feature so that when you change a bulb you don't
>>>>> inadvertently shock yourself. Some might say that the sudden load of
>>>>> the bulb could damage the bulb or the switch but I've never
>>>>> experienced that.
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>>>>> "Tom" <donot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:raOak.15577$LL4.10180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> According to the installation instructions, it states to disconnect
>>>>>> the power or switch it off using the "Air Gap Switch" before changing
>>>>>> a light bulb. The air gap switch isn't the easiest switch to get at
>>>>>> nor is flipping switches in the breaker panel - both seem troublesome
>>>>>> just to change a light bulb. OK, why is this important?
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