1.   At his death, Amsterdam was the board chairman of Leviton Manufacturing, based in Little Neck, which he helped build into a leading maker of wiring devices.

2.   For a few years, infatuated with wiring devices, he collected switches and outlets and wanted to be an electrician.

3.   To allow access to all delivery services, the yet-to-be-named devices will be wired to the Internet.

4.   Van Es has several devices wired into the gamepad port on his computer, including his doorbell, his refrigerator and his phone.

5.   Wiring a device to the anode and the cathode completes the circuit, producing an electric current.

6.   While outdoor accent lighting can do wonders for the evening patio and garden setting, installing and wiring such devices is nothing if not a daunting task.

7.   The device was wired up to the door and the settler set it off when he entered the greenhouse.