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The winners are:
#14 – Shirley
#27 – Joyce
#61 – Carolyn
#63 – Melissa
#82 – Sharon – Congrats ladies, you’ve all been emailed!
What parent has never said those words?
Oh, I bet you have. That’s one of the things that happens in any family. Someone is always going to leave the lights on.
Well, there’s a way to avoid that in your high traffic/kid zone areas. Lutron has come out with a product, a motion sensitive sensor that automatically turns OFF the lights when it doesn’t detect motion in a room. You can set it from 1 minute to whatever and when that room is quiet and idle, the lights will automatically turn off. And the light will automatically turn ON when you enter the room.
That’s pretty cool, don’t you think? It’s amazing all the new products out there and this is one that I love! Lutron asked me to try out one of their products and share it all with you, so let’s get started.
There’s a giveaway at the end, so don’t miss that!
The Lutron Occupancy Sensor switch is really very neat. Once installed, you can set the timer to however many minutes you want to have it stay on before it automatically switches off.
And it’s all from motion in the room. Those kids going in and out of the bathroom leaving the lights on? Yeah, those days are over with this gadget!
I decided to put mine in the laundry room. Sometimes we are in and out of there and forget to turn the lights off so this will come in handy.
After 1 minute, the lights will go OFF automatically. Love that!
Here’s how easy it is and I’ve got a little video to share that too. You remove the old switch, then hook up black to black and black to tan (my extra wire was tan, not sure if that is universal), but the green wire is the ground wire as is that silver wire that comes out of the Lutron. Just wrap the silver and green wires around the grounding screw, screw all of the screws back in and reconnect to the wall.
The sensor works with all light bulbs, including incandescent, halogens, fluorescents, and more. It is also available in the occupancy sensor and dimmer switch as well. I just chose the occupancy sensor.
That’s it! Then you can set the timer to whatever length of time you want for your switch to go OFF when not in use. I think this is great for families with kids. Imagine all the arguments than can be saved with this? You can find out more about the Maestro Occupancy Sensor at the Lutron site.
No more yelling, “Who left the lights on?”.
Check out the video below for installation ease. Someone mentioned that I didn’t say to turn off the power to the light switch before installing, so YES, definitely DO turn off the breaker to that room before doing any electrical installation.Â
Now, for some fun for all of you too, Lutron is offering up 5 of these Lutron Occupancy Sensor switches for 5 winners on my blog. All you have to do is leave a comment telling me the room you’d like to use it in. You can chose the Occupancy sensor or Occupancy with dimmer too. I’ll choose 5 winners in a few days and then they will get the chance to try out a switch too. I really like how this works and I think ya’ll will too!
If you don’t win the giveaway, here’s a coupon code for you!
Offer
25% off Maestro occupancy/vacancy sensor dimmers and switches on LutronStore.com PLUS one free Claro single-gang wallplate ($4.90 suggested list price) with each qualifying item.
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Promo Code
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Code expiration date
Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
Note: This is a sponsored post by Lutron. I was compensated to try this product out and share it with all of you, my readers. All opinions and how it was installed are all my own words.Â
need one in the bathroom as well as the kitchen….have grandbabies who always seem to need the light on when its not left on for them…sure would come in handy. sounds like a good idea!!
The bathroom sounds like the perfect spot for this.
I think the kitchen would be a good place to start.
In the jack and Jill bathroom between two of the kid’s rooms!
I would use this in the kitchen.
I’d use this in my sewing/guest room. Great post!
OMG, I need one in the laundry room…that light is always left on!!!
Definitely – in the kitchen !! The kitchen light is always left on. Great giveaway !
Oh I would love one in the kids’ bathroom–this is always the room where the lights are left on!
I need one in the laundry room. We also leave fans on! Thanks for this opportunity.
Linda
We NEED one of these! We just moved to small town and are helping the owner of a 1800’s historic hotel start updating the first floor which is now a small restaurant, museum and art gallery. The bathroom had not been touched in years (the sink, toilet and flooring prove it). My husband is donating his time to do this and we are using recycled materials to get this bathroom up to par. We even discussed one of these sensors! It would be awesome to “win” one! Throw our name in the hat!
The laundry room, the kitchen, the garage, the attic…..I could use several. One with a dimmer switch would be great in the dining room too. Thanks for the coupon code and the chance to win!
I would love one in every room as this is a constant battle with a home full of teenagers. If I had to pick one it would be the laundry room.
This would be great for our kitchen.
I’m all for saving energy anyway I can, love this invention! The Bathroom is where I would use it….Great Giveaway!
My husband has been going on about Lutron 🙂 I’ll have to tell him I saw it on your blog today, because I had no idea what he was going on about! xo Kristin
I need one for my pantry. My tiny grandsons go in there for ‘snacks’. I have to keep the light on; this would be perfect and I will be getting one! Thanks for introducing this product.
I’ve seen this in stores and thought what a great idea! Thanks for the opportunity to put one in our kitchen! Great post. 🙂
I would put mine in the laundry room. I walk out with my arms loaded with folded clothes and forget to go back in and turn off the light! I hope I win
It would be great for our garage! I don’t know how many times I’ve found the light has been left on all night.