The Lightning Transmitter converts the mechanical action of pushing its button into enough electricity to send a coded radio frequency signal to the Receiver.
Pushing the Transmitter button “plucks” a piezoelectric device called Lightning - originally developed by NASA and used on the International Space Station.
The American designers of the patented Lightning Switch hold exclusive and non-exclusive licenses from NASA for this piezoelectric generator technology.
"Plucking" the Lightning device generates the electricity needed for the Transmitter to work. That’s why Lightning remote controls never need batteries.
So.....How Long Does the Lightning Transmitter work?
In normal home use, they can work for decades and never “wear out” and never “get weaker”.
What else is different about The Lightning Switch?
It's designed to replace and improve upon wired switches – as a permanent solution. Other remotes are marketed as specialty products and are clearly “temporary”.
Other remotes might be interfered with by a neighbor who has the same product – Lightning Switch can’t be interfered with by others.
The Lightning Switch’s unique and remarkably simple system for matching Transmitters to the Receiver(s) they control gives the Lightning system unequalled convenience and flexibility.
Based on years of side-by-side testing, Lightning Switch outperforms all the remotes we’ve seen in terms of transmission distance and reliability.