Patent ID: 8866336

Claim:
A line voltage load device for a bathing installation, comprising: a housing structure; a primary electrical power connection connected to the housing structure or to an electrical box attached to the housing structure, and including a primary wiring cable having at least first and second wires and a distal end for connection to a line voltage supply source; a line voltage load system disposed within the housing structure and configured for powered operation by electrical power from the primary electrical power connection, the load system having first and second terminals for connection to the first and second wires of the primary electrical power connection; an auxiliary power connection attached to the housing structure or the electrical box, and including an auxiliary outlet connector for electrical connection to a separate bathing installation line voltage device to provide power to the separate device; a wiring circuit within the housing structure or the electrical box, and electrically coupling the primary electrical power connection and the auxiliary power connection so that power from the line voltage source is shared between the load system and the separate bathing installation device; and a single, manually operated switch device mounted in the housing structure or the electrical box and having an open circuit position and a closed position in which electrical continuity exists through the switch, the switch device connected in series between the first terminal of the load system and the primary electrical power connection and configured for directly interrupting line voltage from the primary wiring cable to the load system in response to actuation of the switch device; and wherein, when the primary electrical connection distal end is connected to the line voltage supply source, the line voltage load system is connected to line voltage at all times, unless the switch device is in the open circuit position.