Lutron MAW600H-WH Electronics Maestro Duo Dimmer, White single pole switch
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Lutron MAW600H-WH Electronics Maestro Duo Dimmer, White single pole switch
Customer Review: Confusing to operate, and they break
Summary: 3 Stars
I got six of these, 11 years ago. Replaced two broken ones a few years ago, and a third one broke soon afterward. (It's not entirely broken, can still activate the "rocker switch" if you push on it just the right way). Maybe the current models are built better, but they appear to operate in the same confusing way. I'm the only one in my family who fully understands how to use them. And forget about the cleaning service...one of their prime directives is to turn off all lights when they leave, and they manage to turn them off completely (vs. dimming to the minimum) only some of the time. For a while they were turning them off using the "air gap" (mechanical shutoff), until I taped that over. All in all, dimming from multiple locations is cool, but these aren't worth the trouble.Customer Review: This is an energy saver!
Summary: 4 Stars
This dimmer works great! It's intuitive and easy to use, and it looks great too.
Don't believe the reviewers who claim this dimmer won't save energy. Being somewhat skeptical about those claims I used a Kill-A-Watt (P3 International P4460 Kill A Watt EZ Electricity Usage Monitor) to measure the energy consumed by a 40W light bulb connected to this dimmer, and there's no doubt it reduces energy use. Significantly too, if you dim more than just a little bit.
Does it reduce energy use by as much as Lutron claims? Will it extend the life of your light bulbs as mush as they claim? Who knows... but it will reduce your energy bill and look good doing so :)
Customer Review: Not durable, DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I placed these throughout my house a couple of years ago, over 2000 bucks for light switches and they are JUNK! I thought they were cool the first few weeks, then the trouble started...
Every week I would find another one that is broken. You touch them to turn on/off, but your friends and the cleaning people touch them and they are broken. REALLY Lutron?
They also get smoking hot if you have the lights dimmed, What?
I have been replacing them as they fail with sliding dimmers until I find something else that the manufacturer will stand behind. I paid a fortune for these and the manufacturer won't stand behind them. I avoid Lutron as a rule now...
Customer Review: Fancy Dimmer
Summary: 5 Stars
These dimmer switches are deluxe. Works fine for my 6 inch recessed ceiling lights, 6 total, two per dimmer. Although incandescent dimmers may go the way of the dodo bird, as florescents are the wave of the future, I am able to throttle down the lights enough that the three hundred watt draw goes to about 100 watts and the lifetime of the bulb is increased. The dimmers slowly dim when turning them down or off, but seems a little fast on the dimming to get you out of the area before it goes total dark. Has small pilot lights the give you a cue for the settings of dimness or brightness one desires.Customer Review: Garbage - 5 Failures and Counting
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a very experienced former contractor. We used on single circuit with 5 lights and three units failed, overheated or flickered. Tested various wattage bulbs in all lights - 40s, 60s and 100s and all three dimmers caused an annoying flicker at less than 50% brightness with all wattage's.
Lutron customer service was great and I exchanged a dozen emails with their tech guy trying to sort it out, but to no avail, even after getting two new units direct from Lutron, they were all flawed and flickered.
Is it bad design or is my house haunted? I guess I'll never know.