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Robert Archer | 02/20 06:55 AM,

For several years electronics professionals have offered homeowners lighting control systems as a convenient way to manage their homes' energy consumption. About the same time installers started to offer lighting control solutions the lighting industry began to push compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL), and to a lesser extent LED lighting solutions. The only problem with CFL and LED lighting products however during this period was that they generally weren't compatible with the advanced lighting control systems installers were offering. Home Automation, Inc.'s (HAI) new Omni-Bus Lighting Control Network series of… View this story

Jason Knott | 03/21 06:35 AM, 29 Comments

In the ongoing effort to educate the structured cabling industry on non-compliant cable products, the Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA) and the Copper Development Association (CDA) have issued a warning about cable using copper-clad aluminum conductors that do not comply with UL, NEC or TIA codes. The CCCA has encountered several sources in the U.S. marketing Category 5e and Category 6 communications cables made with copper clad aluminum conductors instead of solid copper conductors. Communications cables made with copper-clad aluminum conductors violate several industry standards, including UL safety standard… View this story