Modular Home Automation

Consider there were no circuit breaker trips, then wouldn’t house fires be a common issue? The circuit breaker usually trips when there is too much electricity flows through it or when it cannot handle the excess current load. This implies that the flow of electricity is cut off to keep circuits from overheating or causing more damage. Therefore, it is important that we pay special attention to the electrical circuit breakers including miniature circuit breakers as well. Even though the tripping of circuit breakers ensures safety, it can get quite annoying to constantly experience them and getting the power back on repeatedly. Thus, let us look at the three main reasons that cause circuit breakers to trip: Circuit Overloads:   An overload is the primary reasons behind the tripping of electrical circuit breakers constantly. This occurs when we want a particular circuit (example, miniature circuit breaker) to provide more electricity than its actual capacity. This leads to o...

Although there is a plethora of electrical switches available, but the most uncommon among them are changeover switches and push-button switch. They aren’t uncommon because they are of less usage, they are uncommon because we are unaware of the importance these devices hold in the smooth functioning of electrical current. A push button switch is made of a simple electric switch mechanism which controls portions of a machine or a process. The buttons are typically made of hard material such as plastic or metal. Its surface is usually shaped to accommodate the human finger or hand, so that the electronic switch can be pushed or de-pressed with ease. These switches are also known as a biased switch or a momentary switch where the user pushes for turning it on and push off to turn it down. This type of mechanism is also known as a push-to-make or push-to-break mechanism. The ones with the push-to-make mechanism are a type of push-button switch that operates by the switch making contac...

It’s a cold, chilly winter morning, the kind that makes you want to stay under the covers all day, but you’ve got a life, and you’ve got a job to do. So you get up, however reluctantly, but hey, it’s not all that bad, in fact, one might even call it good, very, very good! The water heater has already been running before your alarm sounds, and the thermostat automatically adjusts the room temperature to make it warm and cozy, and lo and behold, the rug has been warmed too so that the bottoms of your feet do not feel like the northern side of Antarctica. The whir of the coffee machine greets you when you step out of your bedroom and as you stand there wondering whether all of this is a part of an elaborate sci-fi movie set, we’ll remind you that it’s as real as real gets and made possible because of smart home automation system. What is truly amazing about this network of smart gadgets is that their seamless, effortless user interaction is a result of an amalgamation of a numbe...

What comes to your mind when you think of the word ‘switch’ or ‘switches’? You generally walk into your house and reach out to flip a switch, which will then turn on the required light or fan. But technology has been advancing faster with each passing day and today we have specialized switches that can detect movements in the house using infrared or ultrasonic sensor. Therefore, sensor switches are essentially motion-controlled and programmable sensors that hold the power of turning the lights on or off depending on the presence of human-beings around. These high-end innovative technological products are gaining momentum in the market due to its energy-saving feature. Imagine how easy our lives have become due to the invention of such high-end technology! If you are someone who is scared of darkness, motion sensor lights are there for your rescue. Motion sensor lights are devices equipped with small electronic eyes that again has the capacity to detect infrared waves or heat wave...

If you have a long hallway at your place or a large family room with entrances on both ends, you might have faced the trouble of walking all the way to the other end only to switch on a light or maybe a fan. You might have also faced the same trouble if you live in a duplex. To switch on a light at the staircase, your mom has to come all the way from the kitchen or her bedroom. I am sure this thing really irritates your mom or anyone living in a big house for that matter! This is exactly where a two-way switch board comes in handy for us. The traditional function of a two-way switch is to control one light from two different locations. For instance, such a switch could be installed at two opposite ends of the hallway or maybe at both entrances in the large family room that would operate one overhead light or bulb. Thus, the functioning of a two-way switch releases you from the pain of stumbling through the dark to look for a switch. Let us find out how do these switches work? ...