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I bought this so that I could control the outdoor light on our unattached storage room from inside the house. I simply had to replace the existing light switch in the storage room with the remote controlled one (receiver), and I mounted the battery operated transmitter switch in the house near the back door.

At first I had a little trouble with getting the transmitter to turn on the light. On the receiver there's a little wire that acts as an antenna. This needs to be placed so that it dangles down the inside of the wall, and mine had become bunched up. The switch worked great after adjusting the antenna.

The range is about 50 feet, and it dimishes somewhat for each wall or metal door that the signal may have to pass through. Before purchasing this product, I would recommend making a rough measurement between the switch you want to control and the place where you want to mount the remote. If it's around or under 50 feet, this switch should work great for you!

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I have installed it in a basement to control compact fluorescent lights. The lights started flickering, but I solved the problem by adding a regular incandescent bulb in the circuit. I found that it works even if the incandescent lamp is very low power (I used a 5W bulb from my Christmas ligths). The antenna wire has to be away from the metal box, otherwise the range is very limited. Overall I'm not impressed.

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I bought this product to solve the exact problem it was designed for: Remote switching of a ceiling light fixture. The light fixture is upstairs and I am in need of an additional switch for it at the bottom of the stairs. Why? Because when I turn out all the lights downstairs I can't see. This switch would enable me to turn on the upstairs hallway light before ascending the staircase.

Installation of the remote switch was easy. Installation of the switch with the antenna was not so easy. To do it right you really need to pull the single gang box and drill a hole through the bottom for the antenna wire to feed through. I have a metal gang box so I pulled it and removed a hole tab in the bottom for the wire. Still, it is a pain to feed a thin antenna wire through the hole such that as you reinstall the box the wire continues to feed through the box and hang below the box on the inside of the wall. This step is the most important because if your antenna is not positioned to properly receive transmissions from the remote switch it will not work.

I think I did a good job of this, but who knows? I can't see the wire without tearing out some wall. I have lathe and plaster walls so I am not eager to do this.

My switch doesn't work very well. I do not have line-of-sight from switch to switch. There is some stairway framing obstructing the line-of-sight. The switches are approximately 20 feet apart. The remote switch will reliably turn OFF the upstairs light but only very occasionally will it turn it ON.

In all I was disappointed with this product.

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Got one of these; didn't work. Got another; didn't work. Searched several non-Amazon sites and found a Heath-Zenith unit that, after I re-researched the Amazon site, found it buried in its bowls. Obtained this product (from Amazon), installed it and it works GREAT! The unit is Heath-Zenith SL-6133; why Amazon doesn't have this on its primary search venue is beyond me and disingenious. Yo! Amazon...save your clients the trouble and yourself the return shipping fees; put Heath-Zenith SL-6133 on your primary site and delete Levitron.

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useful device, it can save you hundred of dollars in rewiring expenses. the only caveat is that sometimes car alarm systems can interfere, and you might be locking your car and end up switching your lights on... no big deal, really.