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2. Time switch - Wikipedia

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   A time switch (also called a timer switch, or simply timer) is a device that operates an electric switch controlled by a timer . Intermatic introduced its first time switch in 1945, which was used for "electric signs, store window lighting, apartment hall lights, stokers, and oil and gas burners." A consumer version was added in 1952.

3. Staircase timer - Wikipedia

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   Staircase timer. Typical UK pneumatic delay pushbutton switch. A staircase timer is an electrical switch used to control lighting on a staircase, corridor or lobby. A single action turns on the lights and they remain on for long enough to ascend or descend the stairs. The lights then turn themselves off automatically.

4. Traffic light - Wikipedia

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   Traffic light. An LED 50- watt traffic light in Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Traffic lights, traffic signals, or stoplights – also known as robots in South Africa [ 1][ 2] and Namibia – are signaling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings, and other locations in order to control the flow of traffic.

5. History of traffic lights - Wikipedia

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   The answer was a third light that was coloured amber, which was the same colour used on the railroad. [6] Potts also placed a timer with the light to help coordinate the lights. A tower was used to mount the lights as the junction at which it was installed was one of the busiest in the world, with over 20,000 vehicles a day. [3]: 35

6. History of street lighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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   [1] By 1893, New York City had 1,535 electric arc street lights. [1] In New Orleans, arc lamps were used for street lighting starting in 1881. In 1882, the New Orleans Brush Lighting Company installed one hundred 2,000-candlepower arc lamps along five miles of wharf and riverfront; by 1885, New Orleans had 655 arc lights. [1]

7. Timer - Wikipedia

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   Electromechanical timers survive in these applications because mechanical switch contacts may still be less expensive than the semiconductor devices needed to control powerful lights, motors and heaters. In the past, these electromechanical timers were often combined with electrical relays to create electro-mechanical controllers ...