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Guatemala, Guatemala City
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702 Review
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Review on Snow Lutron Maestro LED+ Motion Sensor Dimmer Switch - No Neutral Required MSCL-OP153M-SW by Kyam Deriphonse

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Will your lights Buzz? Not if you get a debuzzing coil!

The beginning of the video is at the top of an LED downlight with the microphone near the fixture (hence, no video of the fixture). The end is near the working debuzzing coil (which has taken on the volume the LED fixtures were initially putting out with the dimmer switch inline- the debuzzing coil shouldn't be exposed like this and should be wired into a suitable junction box).I was really upset when I installed a set of 10 SATCO LED downlights in our basement along with this switch- I was worried the buzzing emanating from the fixtures would give me a brain cloud which can only be treated by jumping into a volcano.I did some research and found that a debuzzing coil would dampen the cyclic on/off signal that a dimmer provides to LED lights, which allows the light to reduce somehow (I'm not an engineer. yet), but can cause tremendous noise. Despite SATCO listing this as a compatible dimmer, there is a threshold of buzzing that is allowed rated in decibels. With 10 LEDs, they all put out enough decibels that it was audible everywhere. The debuzzing coil, with some damping material so it doesn't reverberate in the junction box, has taken up all the buzz and is only noticeable directly underneath it.I highly recommend this dimmer for its utility. The buzzing, at least with SATCO LED's, can be resolved with a simple 150W rated debuzzing coil.

Pros
  • ‎Dimmer Switch
Cons
  • May not be suitable for high traffic areas

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