Best Wall Plates
SAFE FOR CHILDREN - The Guidelight does not heat up like standard night lights, it does not have open bulbs or glass for kids to burn and cut themselves on.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The fake comes in a plastic bag with a tiny wood screw and a single printed piece of paper with no directions, just descriptions of the plate itself. The FAKES do not sit flush with the wall, have flimsy wings with no copper conductors and are noticeably off white."
"The ambient light sensor is positioned too deep inside the cover, causing problems like the lights staying on all the time during the day, even with plenty of light in the room. The screws were not fully tightened on the sides of all my outlets, so I did have to pull the outlet, screw in the terminals, reinstall, then install cover plate. but I think the price of the cover alone takes it down, throw in the light sensors themselves not doing what they are supposed to do, I feel three stars is where it should be."
"Perfect to light up the area so you aren't running into furniture or the walls!"
"I installed this in the kitchen, and was happy to find that it was just bright enough to make it easy to grab a glass of water, but also didn't make it appear as if the room was permanently lit up - the quality of the light keeps it from reflecting around and illuminating the whole room, and rather just adds enough visibility to the area to allow you to see things. This won't be much of an issue in a brightly lit room with decent sunlight, or if you tend to keep your lights on during the day, but in my relatively dark, indirectly sun-lit kitchen (under the cabinets as well), I found that the lights would typically stay on at half brightness during the day. Not distinguishable from a normal faceplate at first glance, and only noticeable when looked at closely. - Light sensor is less visible than expected. - Light quality is clean, modern, and aesthetically pleasing (it IS more of a cool, white light, versus a warm, nightlight glow - I like this, but to each their own). - Customer service is fantastic! CONS: - Depending upon your outlet, you might have to move the outlets a little within the box so that the prongs can fit. - Sensor is potentially a little too sensitive - can stay on during the day in a dimly lit room. - Light sensor could still be less noticeable (perhaps on the top or side of the faceplate), but it's not something you'll regularly notice. - Light quality is cooler and towards the white-blue side of the spectrum (as with all LEDs) - could be warmer for some people's preference, but I personally like it (looks more modern). CONCLUSION: Want a slick, elegant, easy to install set of nightlights for your kitchen, hallway, bedroom etc, but don't want to take up an outlet with a bulky nightlight? As long as you don't mind the slightly cooler color temperature of the light, and are either planning to install them in a well lit space, or keep your lights on during the day, get yourself a set of these!"
"Your outlet has to have screws on the center/sides in order to conduct the electricity."
The perfect solution for concealing low voltage audio video cables behind your wall mounted flat panel TV.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is an excellent solution to running low voltage or structured wiring cables (read Eithernet/CAT5-6, speaker wires, HDMI, or others) behind the walls."
"To make the cut, I used a pencil and reversed this piece, moved it where I wanted on the wall, and then went around the border of the plate."
"So don't buy these to run power wires through you wall."
"only thing is i didnt know it didnt come with the wall mount plates that were sold separately so to finish up my little project i had to improvise lol but these worked so perfectly for what i needed them to."
"However, for some weird reason I keep on reading the description as if these came in packs of 2 (I'm buying 2- gang)."
"Simple to install, just have to use anchors in your drywall if you don't use a box within the wall."
"I got this to clean up the install of a wall-mounted flat panel in my kitchen."
"Insert the low voltage mounting bracket in both the upper and lower and then put the plate on the upper one. (It's easier to leave the plate off the lower one until you fish all the wires out of the wall first.)."
Claro wall plates are oversized to hide gaps around wall boxes and attach securely and snugly in place regardless of the wall condition. Mounts flush to the wall for a clean, sleek appearance.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I find using your fingers and just work your way around slowly (never apply brute force to get these apart) just pull slightly and work your way around until you get a corner that separates easy and then just a slight tug all the way around should get job done. After you accomplish this you basically take old face plate off (so easy, I got my 10 year old to install these for me) install the back plate where old plate used to be via same screw holes then the new face plate "clicks" on to the back plate, easy-peasy."
"This type makes it easier to line up the switches in the box as they can be screwed in part of the way, then the inside cover plate attached and the switches adjusted, and then the screws tightened for the switch mount to the box and then the screws for the inside cover plate."
"Fits Caseta switches just right."
"It's a wall cover for the dimmer."
"Only issue is you feel like you're going to break the plate when you pull it off to paint or need to remove for some reason."
"Was given two Lutron dimmer kits that came with a single wall plate."
"Lutron has the best design for concealed screw multi-gang wall plates."
"the color of these is the exact color of the industrial switches that you get at home depot that I use for garages."
Best Electrical Wall Plates & Accessories
Designed to work with the wires you already have, Sensi thermostat does not require a common wire (c-wire) in many cases, so it is compatible with most heating and cooling systems* (U.S. and Canada only). Set your Sensi thermostat to automatically adjust your homes temperature for location-based temperature control with geofencing, or quickly create a 7-day schedule to reduce wasteful heating and cooling when no one is home. Integrates with Amazon Alexa for voice control and Wink smart home platforms, and works with Google Assistant and Google Home using the free Wink app.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"In my research I learned that my primary complaint the Nest - that the temperature swing was too wide - was addressed by Sensi's "cycle rate" setting. Nest's no-button design is cool, but using a thermostat is not a lecture in UX minimalism, and black-and-chrome doesn't really disappear into the background of my home (white trim and all). Granted, we didn't also install a second Nest to have more temperature sensors, and we didn't buy their $200 talking smoke detectors which also report environmental statistics back to the thermostat. Most people won't care about this but being a network security engineer, I'm impressed that the thermostat has exactly 0 open TCP ports, outbound communication is with one IP, and total traffic is very modest."
"--. I had been wanting to get a WiFi Thermostat for a long time now, but I held off because I was worried that I would buy one that wouldn't be compatible with my home or that I wouldn't be able to figure out how to install it. You select the wires that your current thermostat has, and then the app tells you what to label them and where they will go in the new thermostat. I had never replaced a thermostat before, and it took me under 30 minutes (which includes unboxing, looking for screwdriver, looking for AC unit shut off switch, watching how-to videos included with the app, etc). The app is handy because it also tells you your local Hi and Low temps from the forecast as well as the humidity in your home, upcoming schedule, set temp, actual temp, and the background is either blue, red, or grey depending on if your system is on Cool, Heat, or off at the moment. The only thing this is missing is a few more advanced options for the app, such as specific alerts (like if the temperature is changed manually, I would like to be able to get an instant alert on my phone) and an air filter change reminder that can be set for a certain amount of time (like 1, 2, or 3 months)."
Best Wall Plate Screws
Specifications: universal 2 Gang decorator and toggle combination light switch wall plate standard size 4.50" height x 3.11" Length x.22" depth. Applications: decorator/toggle combination wall plate allows easy retrofitting to 2-Gang panels with GFCI/Paddle/rocker/decorator switch paired to with a toggle light switch in commercial or residential settings. Features: heat and fade resistant cover plates have a very smooth, and polished finish without the grainy look or texture seen on wall plates made of inferior plastic material.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Will be more careful when screwing in the wall so the others don't crack."
"Fits very well with Enerlites HET01 7 Days Digital In-Wall Programmable Timer Switch for Lights, fans, and Motors, Single Pole, Neutral Wire Required, 7-Day 18 ON/OFF Timer Settings, With Blue Backlight, White."
"These toggle switches were exactly what I needed to make our old apartment look decent as we moved out after living there for many years."
"This is kind of hard to find locally on the shelf."
"It's a wall plate that came with screws."
"works great for a rfi plug and disposal switch. next to a sink great product and good service. prompt delivery."
"The plastic is a little flimsy, but it matches the standard size and color that we were looking for, perfectly."
"I had trouble finding locally (I live in a rural area) so this fit the bill."