I have all my lights in the house that I can automate but my kitchen that has a dimmer switch so I bought this Maxcio dimmer switch to finish the job and have all my lights automated.
I really like that this one has the digital readout for the lighting level compared to the other that don’t. I think it makes it easier to set manually if needed and also makes it look a little higher end.
There is only one big factor when choosing this switch to purchase. You must have the correct wire setup to make this work easily. There are some workarounds if you contact support but who wants to do that. You need to have four wires to make this work correctly. You need a ground, neutral, live and load wires and the neutral wire and a load wire are required. This won’t work with a 3-way switch box either (two switched that control one light or set of lights).
This is pretty easy to install on the wall (the 4 wire nuts that come with it make it easier), set up in the Smart Life app (that I already use for other devices), connect to your WIFI and then set up and control in the Alexa app. Took less than 20 minutes to do all this.
I do not have this setup on a schedule or on/off dust to dawn, but my other lights I have work fine that I have scheduled, so I assume this would too if I needed it to. It’s so nice now to be able to just tell Alexa to turn the lights on or off now or even dim them when needed.
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My Rating: 5 Star
Found on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Maxcio-Dimmable-Compatible-Schedule-Function/dp/B07HRC69N8/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
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