US Patent 12117503 Load control device having miswire detection

A load control device for controlling an amount of power delivered from an alternating-current (AC) power source to an electrical load may be configured to determine if a miswire condition exists at the load control device. For example, a control circuit of the load control device may be configured to detect a hot-to-dimmed-hot miswire condition in which a dimmed-hot terminal may be coupled to a hot side of the AC power source and a hot terminal may be coupled to the electrical load. In addition, the control circuit may be configured to detect a neutral-to-accessory-terminal miswire condition in which the hot terminal may be coupled to the hot side of the AC power source and an accessory terminal may be coupled to a neutral side of the AC power source. The control circuit may maintain a controllably conductive device non-conductive in response to determining that one of the miswire condition exists.