I like keeping my outside lights on during the evening. One problem with this is that sometimes I forget to turn them off in the morning which really wastes electricity.

Recently I was looking for a solution for my problem and I came across this switch. Don’t get confused with the name, it doesn’t use Solar panels or anything, it still connects directly to the electricity in your house.

The switch is made by a company called Aube. The product works great, but I called their tech support to ask a couple questions about the wiring and they were extremely rude. They are based up in Canada and I had to specify for support in English, default is French. Regardless of their rude and useless tech support I was still able to figure out the wiring. My lights are configured with a 3-way switch with two switches and two lights which required me to use a jumper wire on the second switch. I called to ask a couple clarifying questions, but it didn’t help. I’m not an electrician, but I play one on TV.

I purchased my switch from smarthome.com. The price was reasonable, and they got it delivered to my house very quickly.

This is the switch I bought:

http://www.smarthome.com/4257W.html

Here is the replacement cover I had to get a long with it:

http://www.smarthome.com/8572w.html 

I took a snapshot of my finished product which is posted above. Now my lights automatically come on in the evening and turn off in the morning. I’m liking it!

I made this new category called Home Improvement and will be posting various things I do to my house to upgrade it. Other than some landscaping this is the first official thing I’ve done to my house.

Cheers

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