TOPGREENER - TDOS5-W-STICKER Motion Sensor Light Switch, PIR Sensor Switch, Occupancy Sensor Light Switch, Motion Sensor Wall Switch, 500W 1/8HP, Neutral Wire Required, Single Pole, TDOS5, White

A clever switch that does what it's meant to do and also has an extra function. If it turns off its motion sensor in vacancy mode (vacancy mode is manual on-automatic off), but you are actually still in the space, it can be turned back on if you detect motion within 30 seconds of it turning If you have family members who get irritated when your technology keeps them in the dark as they take a shower, then this should be a great idea. I didn't give it 5 stars, but I gave it 4 instead. The switch does not serve its original purpose because of a single complaint I have. It seems none of these "green" devices mention how much electricity they use during idle. In other words During the night, the lights are off, so we can see how much power is consumed. It may seem like a trivial piece of information until you study the details, so I checked all my hardwired z-wave devices Besides testing these switches, we also tested the wave devices. These are some of the In the case of Aeon Labs micro switches The socket adapter for the Aeon Labs plug is 13 mA A smart switch from GE consumes 15 mA I have GE smard dimmers that consume 16Ma The topgeekner tdos5 (this switch) draws 19 mA A maximum of 37 mA was measured (hmm. Now that I've exposed myself as OCD at this point, let's compare current draw with power/energy consumption instead of converting everything to power and energy and talking about the estimate cost to power the idle switch (all devices use the same voltage and cost per kWh). Consider the scenario where you have a few places in your home that you don't use very often, but you don't want the possibility that the light gets left on for days just because no one goes in to check on it (e. g. Among other places, these are the utility closet, the attic light, the basement light, etc). Perhaps the perfect solution would be an automatic switch that turns off when not in use! We have the following problem A 40W LED bulb consumes 72mA when it is on, but this switch consumes just 37mA when it is off! If you install this switch, you will be able to leave the light on for all 12 hours of the day and night. A reminder of this is in order As long as you leave the light on for half of every day, or 4,380 hours per year, this switch will consume as much power as if you left the lights on all the time. The installation of this switch will dramatically increase the energy consumption of the circuit even if you only use the light for a few hours every month. Also, it's counter-productive to use things like bathroom fans with it. Again, this switch would seem like an ideal solution if you have a few bathrooms and want to prevent the fans from running unnecessarily long. That's all right. According to my vent fan power measurement, it draws approximately 650 milliamps. It would consume about 30% more energy in a 24 hour period if the switch was left on for one hour than if the fan were. If a fan is typically turned on for less than an hour per day, then this switch will not be as taxing on it. If you install a switch in these programs, your overall energy consumption will be dramatically higher. As bad as all of that sounds, there are many cases where such a switch would be effective in saving energy. Here are some examples This is *br1. There are a number of incandescent lights in a room that consume a lot of energy quickly. There are a few LED lights used frequently in this area If you have 4 or 6 bulbs on your bathroom vanity, the energy you save by reducing the ON time will add up quickly and you will have little need to conserve energy on idle current in these cases. Unfortunately, this switch will become useful for me only in about 3 of the 12 applications I intended to use it for. The first one. It is counterproductive to have a guest closet, a guest bathroom, all bathroom fans, a utility closet, a basement sump closet, and an attic). As a result, the moral of the story is that you need to carefully consider all aspects of your "green" efforts to avoid unintended financial and energy waste. For several applications, a $3 toggle switch is more energy efficient than an automated switch that costs more money or takes more time to install.

Maddox Gilbert

| Jun 04, 2021

20 Watts are consumed by this switch daily. Most of my LED lights in my home consume 14 watts or less per hour. You need close to 100W in order to recover the costs of the switch, as pointed out by someone else. Below you will find my analysis. For the project to pay for itself, it will take at least three years. As far as vacancy mode is concerned, I love this The alarm will turn off itself after 30 minutes if there is no movement I have a 84 watt light in the kitchen with a 12 volt switch. A 24 hour day would mean either 84W or 20W. Overhead view of the 84*24). It would take about 15 minutes of savings a day for the switch to break even on daily basis, because a person leaving a light on for an extended period of time would result in the switch turning it off (84 Watts kitchen light load / 20 Watt overhead lamp). It is not very good to deploy a switch where the traffic pattern is bad or load is low, because it needs to earn its keep. Assume I am able to save 1 hr of lights on time by turning off the switch, and the overhead savings of 15 minutes is a net saving It would save me 22 watts annually if I multiply 84watts by 45/60 and take 365 days out of 1000 days. Approximately 995 kwh were consumed. A cost of energy with taxes at the top tier is A kilowatt per hour cost of 22 cents. There will be a savings of $5 a year. There is a charge of 16 dollars for the switch. Three times the payback is the payback. In my application, I listed 27 years of age. Having two years of payback to consider is my preferred payback, so this switch does not really fit the bill, but I'm going to give it a try assuming I can turn the lights off for more than one hour per day using the switch instead of not using.

Koda Nunez

| Jul 19, 2021

My 3 car attached garage has been upgraded to have this switch in place of my standard toggle wall switch. A large picture frame hangs next to the door that leads into At the far end of the garage, there is another walk-in door. The door to my detached shop is without a switch for the garage lights, and I use it to access my detached shop. If I went out to my garage and did not want the lights to stay on, I would have to walk all the way to the door, open it so daylight would fill the garage, and then walk back to my house door to shut the lights off. Even at night, this did not work unless I carried a flashlight along. With this new method I walk into the garage through either door that I choose and the lights instantly come on and then they turn off after 1 minute. I can also see my way into the car without having to open my garage door and let cold air inside (my garage is heated) when I get in on a cold winter day. So when I pull into the garage after dark, I know the garage lights will turn off soon after I depart. It's also convenient to know that the garage lights will come on when I pull into the garage. If I remove the bulb from my garage door opener, it won't damage my door. That thing is amazing and you can get it for such a good price.

Luciano Payne

| Oct 10, 2020