Smart Switch WiFi Wall Light Switch Compatible with Alexa Google Assistant, Neutral Wire Required, Single Pole, 2 Gang

I purchased this to replace the original rocker switches and to eliminate the use of the limited SwitchMate device. SwitchMate is good but you can’t communicate with it outside of your home’s Wi-Fi network. So if I want to turn on the outdoor lights while away I couldn’t.I needed more control. I found this switch set.Do NOT get this unless you are a technician or can get a technician to do the install. This is not for the novice. The included instructions are not enough and the included wires are not of the needed size. I tried to install myself but after 2 days of trial and error I ended up calling an electrician, watching him I realized that it over my head. It required my tech to use additional wires on the ground and the neutral just to connect those, the line (power) was kept on the middle original switch and from there shared to the load on the 2 new switches. You really have to know what you’re doing it not as simple as, take that wire put it here, and take that wire and put it there.Wires had to be added to extend reach, good grade (20g) not the cheap ones in the box (DON’T USE THOSE).I had 2 days of frustration and he installed it in about 2 hours but even he had a time with the wires and getting everything squeezed into the junction box. I also found out that nothing in that particular box was grounded. A layperson would have never seen or rectified that. My future project now will be to check all the other switches in the house to make sure that they have a negative wire attached.Connecting to the existing SmartLife app was simple. Now I can control the outside lights at will. The best part of 2020.See pics (yes, I label everything - helps guests use the correct switch w/o having to guess). Used two in the front and one in the back.2 week update: still working great, absolutely no problems. They follow the schedule I made for them, turning on and off. Loving these switches.***Anyone interested in my SwitchMate switches, find me on ebay "TechSis"👍🏽

I have owned and installed 8 of these switches in my house. The first time I did it I had no electrical experience so I had to watch a bunch of YouTube videos to get a little understanding on how switches in general work. That being said with time and patience I figured it out. Now if you are familiar with all this I would definitely say installation is quite simple. It comes with everything you need there are no functional design problems with this product. However it is bulkier than your regular non wifi switch so be prepared to make space for that by shortening wires. So everything fits in the box.Once that was done you just install the app and it will walk you through the install. The switches run off of 2.4ghz. Every router has two different options. 2.4ghz and 5ghz. Now if you have a router that displays both options in your list of wifi options. Just select the 2.4 the app will prompt you to use that. If you are like me and have an updater router that only has one option there is an option to switch pairing mode from EZ mode to AP mode. AP MODE will allow you to connect your phone to the devices wifi signal. The signal won't be strong so you may get a notification that say to switch to your regular wifi just select stay connected and as soon as you go back to the app it will start pairing.Like I said I have installed a bunch of these over time and paired them all with my Alexa devices.. These switches are an affordable price and they work just as well as the lutron. P.S I would not use them for fan switches use switches that are designated for fan use.. Hope this helps.

Positive: Works great, Looks nice.You will need a tester to determine which of your house black wires are hot (coming from the breaker) an which black wires are load (going to the device to be powered, like a light or an outlet). Don’t depend on the switch you are replacing to have been wired correctly - it may have been wired reversed. Labels are provided to wrap on the wires after you have identified them (before you turn off the breaker). A simple screw driver AC voltage detector that lights on contact with a hot lead will do.Negative: for each switch two short pieces of wire are provided to allow connection at the bottom of the switch for the ground wire (bare or green wire in your house) and the common wire (white wire). The wire provided is stranded (not solid) and is too thin to be properly secured by the screw terminals. You will need some short pieces (6 to 12 inches per switch) of 14 gauge wire (green or bare for the ground and white for the common) to be able to pigtail out the connection. Finding this out after you start is very inconvenient. I happened to have the white wire on hand and was able to connect individual ground wires directly. For the common (white wire) all the wires in my for the three switches were connected in a single bundle with one large connector - 6 wires. Adding the three pigtails made a bigger bundle and I replaced the connector with one that was a little larger (something that’s not in the box).Negative: When setting up the switch to be controlled by wi-fi you have to select the device from a menu within the app. It is a bit of a guessing game to select the right item. Also you have to go through the set up menu within a certain time limit of applying the power to the unit (turning the breaker back on). If you are not fast enough you have to start over.