PALATINE, Ill. — June 9, 2008 — Schneider Electric announces the latest introduction to its Square D® Clipsal® lighting control line, the Light-Level Sensor. The Light-Level sensor measures ambient light levels and automatically issues ON, OFF, or ramp commands over a C-Bus™ network, allowing for energy savings. The attractive, wall-mounted, low-profile units can control relays, dimmers, or remotely operated circuit breakers, changing their status according to preset ambient lighting levels.
“The light-level sensor can control up to two C-Bus group addresses: one address controls the switching ON/OFF of a lamp circuit according to the amount of ambient light, while the other is used to continuously regulate the light-level output of any number of lamps,” said Brad Wills, director of Installation Systems & Control, Schneider Electric. “Beyond added control, the wall-mounted Sensors also fit right in with our line of stylish keypads and touch screens, as they are designed to be attractive and have a low profile.”
Light-Level Sensors have dynamic ranges, between 5-to-150 foot candles, and compensate for noise and rapid light intensity fluctuations by using filtering and hysteresis. The Sensors detect daylight levels and automatically adjust the output level of electric lighting to create a balance for increased energy savings. For increased reliability, the Light-Level Sensors store operating status in non-volatile memory for recovery from a power failure, offer a 180-degree field of view and can be enabled or disabled over the C-Bus network. The Sensors also can verify the status of input and output devices on the same C-Bus application address, updating input status if necessary, and its LED can be configured to indicate the current status of any C-Bus group address.
The Square D Clipsal Light-Level Sensor was recently honored by the Innovative Housing Technology Awards (IHTAs) as the best lighting control product of 2008. Now in their eighth year, the Innovative Housing Technology Awards, presented by TecHome Builder magazine, recognize significant advances and best practices by product manufacturers, integrators and builders in technology development for, and implementation by, the housing industry.
For more information about Square D Clipsal product offerings from Schneider Electric, call 1-888-SQUARED or visit www.squaredlightingcontrol.com.
About Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric total sales in North America in 2007 were $6.6 billion (U.S.). These include the sales of the North American Operating Division of Schneider Electric (NAOD), as well as North American sales of other Schneider Electric companies such as APC, TAC, etc. Headquartered in Palatine, Ill., the North American Operating Division markets many of the brands of Schneider Electric to customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the United States, Schneider Electric is best known by its flagship Square D® brand. Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, offers integrated solutions making energy safer, more reliable, efficient and productive in the energy & infrastructure, industry, data centers & networks, buildings and residential markets. With sales of $23.7 billion in 2007, the company’s 120,000 employees in 102 countries help individuals & organizations make the most of their energy. Visit Schneider Electric on the Internet at:
- Corporate – http://www.us.schneider-electric.com
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