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#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
I could definitely use one in the bathroom… no one ever remembers to turn off the bathroom light! Would save a lot of $$$!
In the master bathroom would be ideal. My husband always leaves the lights on- that’s 10 bulbs over the vanity. That heats up the room. I never thought about a sensor- thanks!
I thinks the kitchen, then also in each kid’s bedroom. They always go out and leave the light on. These will be great.
I would love one of those lights in our laundry room. Not only would it turn itself off but when we come in with our hands loaded down it would automatically turn on for us. That would be wonderful!
My ROOM! I am in and out of my studio/office/doggie play zone room all the time and need the light to automatically go off and on!!
I need this! My son is home from college and he can’t seem to turn off the lights in the bathroom. It would be so awesome to not have to remind him! Why didn’t I think of this???
This is brilliant! I’d use it in the laundry room for sure – that light seems to have a way of being forgotten!
The garage! We’re in and out of the attached garage where we have my painting studio, exercise room, etc. etc. The light is ALWAYS on and it drives me bonkers! Thanks!
I would use this in our mudroom….we are constantly letting the dogs in and out and this would be so great!
~Des
That is an awsome idea. I would really enjoy having one of these:-D. I have a daycare & my kiddos can’t reach the light:-( I would use it in the bathroom!! It would be super great!!!:)
I would use it in our office/craft room. It has four points of entry but only one light switch! Having a sensor would be really useful.
The laundry room! I always find the light on in there.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I’ve been wanting one of these for my bathroom. Could I use it for the fan?
Seriously, I could use one in every room of the house! I would start with living room, which is our high traffic area. Lutron’s gonna make some money off me.
My husband and I just bought our first house and are fixing it up to make it our own! We’d install it in the pantry as we as constantly going in and out of there. Not even joking, I just looked at my pantry and realized I’d left the light on. Gotta go turn that off…
Oh gosh – in our house? There are quite a few places this would be useful. I think the basement storage room would be a great place for it if I had to choose just one.
How neat is this?! I think we’d get the best use out of one in the kitchen! Thanks for a chance to win 🙂
Our son and DIL have one of these in their walk-in pantry; it’s great! I would put one on the switch that goes to the basement; I always have to stop and switch on the lights, and I often have my hands full going down there or coming up. It would be so handy not to have to set things down in order to turn on or off the lights.
Bathroom! I would love to try this. Thanks
I would use it in my kitchen! Always leaving the light on in there.
Kim J