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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
i would love to win this one and i would use it in the kitchen it would be great thanks for the chance and have a great day.
The Family Room would be a must- everyone thinks the next person will turn off the lights!! Who are we kidding!!
I could definitely use one of those. My granddaughter moved in with me, and you would think she had never been taught to turn off a light.
I would definitely use one in the laundry room. It would be great!
Holy cow! I could use one of these! My hubby and daughter both leave lights on all the time!
I would use this in either our walk in closet, laundry room, or garage. Those are the spaces we usually have a problem with, especially the closet. The switch is outside the door, and after shutting the door, we sometimes forget the light was even on.
Upstairs hall light!! Drives me batty 🙂
I would love one of these energy saving light switches. I would like to use it in my hall way.
I love this and I would definitely use it in the hall. I have no idea how many time I have had to say turn the hall light out please:)
I would so use this in my laundry room!
Like you, I would like an Occupancy Sensor for my laundry room. Many times our hands are full when we leave the room and the light doesn’t get turned off. My husband is the worst one to leave it on but I’m not here to place blame, am I?
The master bath. I think I am just as guilty as DH.
It would go in my teenage boys’ bedroom. They’re notorious for leaving the lights on!!
I would use this in my kitchen.
I would want one for the laundry room – with full hands going in and coming out, not having to maneuver a light switch would be very helpful!
No well dressed closet should be without one of these occ sensors… Great energy saver….
To bad they don’t make it for the television. It’s always on and no one is watching. I would use it in my downstairs bath.
The master bedroom closet could really use this. Someone…not naming names…is always forgetting to turn the light off.
I would put it in the kitchen. I always leave that light on and forget about it.
Occupancy with dimmer too; I’d use this in my kitchen. It’s actually perfect because the lighting situation in there has been driving me crazy!