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Black and Decker SW100 Lights Out Autoswitch
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Product Details
| Category: | Tools & Hardware |
| Number of Items: | 1 |
| Label/Manufacturer: | Black & Decker |
| Model: | SW100 |
| UPC: | 885911106320 |
Product Description
Automate your home one switch at a time with the Black & Decker Lights OutTM AutoSwitch. It's the easy, effortless way to save energy 24/7 without special tools or wiring skills.The easy-to-install AutoSwitch instantly tackles one of the biggest home energy waste problems - forgetting to turn off the lights!
You simply attach it to your existing room light toggle switches with an ordinary screwdriver - no wiring required!
Applications:
Perfect for children's playrooms or other places where they or other family members may leave the lights on.
Useful for rooms where your hands are full, such as carrying a basket to the laundry room or groceries to the kitchen.
Product Features
* Motion activated sensor automatically turns lights on or off* Easy to install with no wiring required -mounts on top of any household toggle light switch
* Adjustable timer lets you turn off the lights 1, 5, 15 or 30 minutes after the room is empty
* Runs on 3 AA batteries (not included); no need for any electrical connections
Customer Reviews
Rated
on 2010-07-31This switch is just what we needed. With three grandchildren in the house the bathroom light now gets turned off.
Rated
on 2010-06-24This simple to install unit is really useful. I thought it would be another useless item, but to the contrary, it installed easily and works fine.
Rated
on 2010-04-28I bought this item as part of "energy saving" plan. The kids are in the basement alot and leave one light on that we forget to go down and turn off. Sometimes we wake up in the AM and realize it was on all night!! I liked this one because you don't have to hardwire it in. You remove the screws to the wall plate, and put the back plate of this item over the plate and put the screws back in. the part you see in the picture pops right on.
it does its job, but has some issues for me. I have 4 kids under the age of 4. they like to pop off the plate (it is easily removed). the item takes 3 AA batteries. the more frequent it is used the quicker the batteries die (duh). lately they have only been lasting me a few days. I think it will just take some tweeking on my part in regards to how sensitive it is to motion and changing the time when it shuts off. not sure if my electric energy savings is justified in the amount of batteries I am buying though.
Rated
on 2010-04-28This is super easy to install, which I loved. I can move it from room to room easily as it just uses the existing faceplate screws and screws on top of it. It uses batteries instead of wires.
However, once a person walks into the room, it takes about 10-12 seconds to turn the light on, which is an eternity for a 4-year-old to stand in the dark when he comes to play in his room. It's pretty loud too. If you try to over-ride it by flipping the switch manually yourself, it flips it right back off and allows the process to follow through of it turning itself on (the 10- to 12-second delay), so the over-ride is worthless.
For turning lights OFF though after a period of inactivity, it works great. You can set it in different intervals, whether that is 1 minute or up to 20 minutes. I have to keep it on 20 mins for my son because sometimes if he is laying in his room watching TV and doesn't really move for a few minutes, it will turn itself off if set on one of the shortest intervals. Then he freaks out, ha! At least there is no way for him to sit still for 20 mins at a time, so that interval works, but this means it also doesn't turn itself off until 20 mins after he leaves the room which is a huge waste. But it DOES turn it off, so a 2-minute interval should work great for most people. Like I said though, it's not the off that's the killer, it's the delay and loudness when it turns back on.
This would be so much better if it turned itself on right away when someone walked into the room instead of the motor taking 10 seconds to go through the cycle, but if you are an adult, this might not bother you so much. For a kid's room, where this is most beneficial (and is the location I bought it for), they delay is just too long to leave them in the dark. We ended up turning the mechanism off and he finally got tall enough to just turn the light on and off himself.
Overall, 3 stars because it does function and do what it is intended for, but there are some obvious flaws that need to be fixed before I can recommend it as a great solution for those with small children.
Rated
on 2010-03-29It was easy to install. Noisier than I expected. Does the job that I ask it to do.
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