Ge Low Voltage Switching System

They will not however fit your old style switch plates.

Ge low voltage switching system.

Find parts upgrade resources photo comparisons compatibility information. They re in 15 or so. They were being sold on ebay but now they re only at switch hits. Hi everyone i have recently purchased a home that uses a circa 1970 s ge low voltage lighting control system.

The wiring from the switches and devices are low voltage typically 24 to 30v so no need for heavier cabling and conduits etc ge introduced its low voltage remote control relay system in the 1950s as an alternative to conventional line voltage switch wiring mainly for lighting. The new style ge rs2 switches are the currently manufactured replacement switches for both a bryant and ge low voltage system. Here we describe replacement switches or relays that can be used to repair older low voltage switching systems in buildings or to install new low voltage control systems to switch lights receptacles motors. The low voltage ge switch at left was provided courtesy of reader jj and discussed below.

Low voltage electrical wiring was installed in some homes beginning in about 1946 s. This relay at the light fixture has the line voltage and turns the light on. This system was popular and was installed in many homes between 1960 a nd 1985 and it continues in use today often in the form of 12 v low voltage lighting and downlight. These and other new low voltage switches including pilot light and raise lower switches pictured at left will work with your old ge relays and old bryant relays.

It consists of 24v power being run from a transformer at the electrical panel to various wall switches which are momentary on off switches that in turn switch a relay installed up at the light fixture. Touch plate goes back to the mid to late 1940 s.