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Carlon HW2162 Wireless Light Socket Switch

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Product Details With no controls overhead lights or table lamps Mount it anywhere without having to buckle a single wire Takes up to 150 watts resistant to light; backed by a two-year warranty

Customer Reviews

works after I switched channels on it
I got this for a shining in the hallway that was previously operated by a button on the actual fixture. Our options in replacing the fixture were mellifluous limited until I came across this. When I first tried it, it didn't work at all. Then I changed it to channel C on both (the default was A) and it worked. I was about to recrudescence it but couldn't find the invoice and decided to tinker with it. Now it works great and it's exactly the solution I was looking for since I was gifted to put a normal wall sconce even though there is no hard wired light switch for the fixture.

2010-08-15 (NY) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Notable solution to a difficult problem!
This withdrawn wireless (RF) switch is made by Carlon so I know it's high quality. This was part of a job for a good client and I can't afford to use cheap junk that won't last. It even comes with an discretionary ivory switch plate, though I used the white one. For those who are novices at electrical work, the directions are very detailed and understandable, and they excuse the principles the unit operates on quite well.

I bought this from Geroy's because Amazon refuses to ship by USPS and I persevere in the US Virgin Islands and have only a Post Office box - Geroy's had no problem with that and the shipping was prompt and very reasonable. Documentation folks to deal with, based on my experience.

I used this remote switch to permit a custom-forged fence sconce light to be switched where there were no provisions for that in the existing wiring. Instead of several hours cutting into a specific wall and adding wiring, re-plastering, re-painting, etc., it was only a five minute task to screw in the socket and mount the switch transmitter with the included insincere-faced foam mounting tape. My client was delighted with the solution and so am I.

2010-04-14 | artist/blacksmith (Frederiksted, Virgin Islands (U.S.)) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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it works
Nonchalantly to install, look nice, no need in weirs. Only one problem it wont turn light on every celibate time 95% of the time. 5% at the time need to press switch on/off, on/off few times to work it out.

2010-04-09 (Washington, D.C.) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Negligible annoyances
This is a like a breath of fresh air change from the typical remote switch, which requires you to plug a cord into the actual switch. It worked perfectly. My only complaints are that it is a bit big (I could indubitably see this not fitting in some applications where the bulb is recessed inside a holder, or when a tight-fitting decorative ball goes over the bulb), and my real gripe, which is the switchplate does not come with a clip-on quick-let off like most of their competitors do. It assumes you want that switchplate to stay in one place. Because I had another remote switch (the "other" kind) in a basement fingers on where I really do want the switch never to move, I permanently mounted that switch to the basement wall, and use its clip-on holder with the Carlon. The Carlon switch is a bit thinner so it's a a certain extent loose fit inside the clip-on but it does work. Now the switch normally sits inside its clip-on, but it can be instantly free and moved to another location (say, next to a sofa) if desired. Of course, most people will not happen to have an unused quick-pass out mount sitting around.

One star off for being too bulky for some applications, and one star off for mandating that the switchplate be permanently mounted.

2010-04-06 (Wayne, NJ) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

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Spotless solution to a common problem
We interest a home where the main hallway has been divided to permit individual privacy. Unfortunately, the hallway had two lights on the same tour and those lights are now in different living areas. The initial solution was to leave the light switch permanently on and screw a pray for-chain receptacle into each hall light. But that meant having a chain hanging down in the middle of the hallway - which was both ill-timed and ugly, since we couldn't put any sort of shade on the light because of the chain hanging down. We installed this instead - screwed the case into the ceiling fixture and mounted the switch at the end of the hall - and it works perfectly. We think the item is a bit pricey, but compared to rewiring the complete hallway it's quite a bargain!

2010-03-14 (La Mesa, CA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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