DEWENWILS Wireless Light Switch and Receiver Kit Remote Control Wall Switch

This remote light switch is a very practical solution when you need to add a wall switch in a location where running new electrical wiring would be difficult or inconvenient. The installation is straightforward, and the wireless switch provides convenient control without having to open walls or run additional switch wiring. The response is quick and reliable, and the wall-mounted design gives it the appearance and convenience of a traditional light switch. This is especially useful for remodeling projects, older homes, or locations where adding a conventional wired switch would require extra work. Overall, a well-designed and convenient product that can save considerable installation time.

It works great! I used it to remotely control a light/ceiling fan combination in my living room. The house is not wired for separate control of those things. I damaged my sense of balance from a fall and I'm not able to climb a ladder to install a device designed specifically designed for this purpose. I installed the receiver inside the electrical box in place of the wall switch. I stuck the transmitter onto a plastic "blank" cover plate mounted where the original switch was. I use that for local control and I paired a second transmitter for remote control. Pairing is extremely easy and you can control a device with multiple transmitters or multiple receivers. It works well in spite of the fact that the box is metal. I put a 3M thrust bumper on the receiver near the on/off/pair button to keep it from being accidentally pushed by the cover plate. You can of course pull the remote off the cover plate to use it remotely if you like, because I used 3M Command Strips which are similar to Velcro to mount the remote control onto the cover plate. EDIT 1: I bought another pair of these to use in my bedroom but the receiver would not work as well as the one in the living room. I tried all of my transmitters, since the receiver is very easy to pair to different transmitters. The electrical box in my living room is metal, but the one in my bedroom is plastic. I also tried all three of the extra receivers I had, with no improvement. EDIT 2: It turned out to be a "ground loop" issue. The thing has two " Neutral" wires connected together inside the receiver. Cut one of them off. Do not connect both of them to the same point. At this high frequency, the signal from the remote causes 433 MHz current to circulate through the two ground wires, producing a "ghost" signal out of phase with the original signal from the remote, cancelling some of it out, causing unreliable operation. The metal electrical box of the one in the living room prevented the ground loop from causing a problem. In the bedroom unit, fixing the ground loop helped, but it did not completely fix the problem. EDIT 3: Multi-path interference. The first setup I did in my living room was perfect in every way, but I had a lot of trouble with the second setup in my bedroom. Now it's also working perfectly. While I believe that the ground loop was part of my problem, I believe multi-path interference was also part of my problem. The problem is that the house wiring was picking up some of the signal from the transmitter and re-radiating it into the receiver along with that directly from the transmitter and out of phase with it, canceling some of the signal out. This phase difference changes as the transmitter is moved around in the room. The system would work perfectly from the other end of my house because the wiring in my bedroom was not picking up and re-radiating the interfering signal. The solution was this: I lined the plastic electrical box in the bedroom with aluminum foil to simulate the metal electrical box that was shorting out the interference in the living room box. The system is well designed, but it transmits a complex signal at a high data rate which makes it sensitive to things like multi-path interference. The older remote light controls, while also operating at 433 MHz, transmitted at a much lower data rate, making it much more forgiving of interference. The self contained units that plug into the wall probably deal with this in the PC board layout. CONCLUSION: Cut off one of the neutral wires and if the electrical box is not metal, line it with aluminum foil.

Works great. Easy to wire. Doesn’t require power full time, you can use the on switched circuits. Preprogrammed out of the box. Both recessed lights now can turn off separately from the fan light fixture. Very old style battery for the remote but I know those batteries last for years. Early car remote used them.

It is so great that technology allows the placement of a light switch that does not require running wires to the switch, and for a very low price. This is my second install of one of these remote switches to this same light, the first having failed after a week (different brand, who was going to get a negative review until I realized while installing this one that I had made a wiring error the first go round). What I appreciate about the Dewenwils wireless switch kit is the size of the receiver. I needed it to fit within a Wiremold junction box (4th picture), which is quite shallow. The first kit I used had a little bit larger receiver and it was a bear getting it to fit. The other thing I appreciate is that the wiring is super straight forward. Two input wires, labeled on the device as such, and two output wires, also labeled. Very easy to hook up. The switch works well. (Or, worked well. See below.) The switch gets mounted to the wall and at quick glance looks like a standard light switch. On closer inspection, you can see that the switch is a bit fatter than a normal wall-mounted light switch, because it holds the electronics (see photo 3). The kit also comes with a mounting plate that gets fastened to the wall. The switch box has little pegs that slide into receiving cradles on the mounting plate. The Dewenwils kit has three pegs and cradles and the first kit I used has four. See photos 1 (Dewenwils) and 2 (from the old kit). Each mounting plate has screw holes for attaching to the wall. Notice in photo 2 that, in addition to the 4 pegs, there are a total of 5 holes, including the large ones at the top and bottom center. These are placed deliberately so the mounting plate can be screwed to an existing junction box. In photo 1 (Dewenwils), the mounting plate only has two little holes, on in the upper corner and another in the opposite lower corner. I was so pleased the first time I installed the remote switch (the one I fried) when I discovered that it attached so smoothly to my existing junction box. It just happened that I had a junction box in the perfect spot to mount the switch. It was so perfect! No longer would I have a blank cover plate on my wall, instead I'd have a switch that controlled the ceiling light, and oh so conveniently, the new switch attached just like screwing on a new cover plate. Well, and here's my complaint, the Dewenwils does not have the same aligned holes and therefore it became very complicated to mount. What a silly oversight. For me, the only location that really worked to place the light switch was over the existing junction box, but without the properly aligned holes, there was no way to get it to attach. It would have looked stupid to have this switch right next to a covered junction box, or right above it or below it, or awkwardly on some other wall. I thought to maybe attach the switch to the junction box cover with command strips, but that was going to look ridiculous. Such a simple thing as a couple of mounting holes was missing and I would have returned the item if I hadn't already gotten it all wired and functioning. This oversight on the manufacturer's part cost them a star. Fortunately for me, I was able to disassemble both switch boxes and swap the electronics from one box to the other. The innards are exactly the same and this was easy to do once I liberated a couple of screws. So now I have the new receiver in my light fixture that is communicating with the old switch and it is nicely mounted right where I want it to be, over the unused junction box on the wall. It is unfortunate that I had to do this, because the switch design isn't as good as that of Dewenwils, but I'm happy enough with the work around. If I knew about the mounting plate issue before I ordered it, I would have kept looking.

This is the easiest upgrade you can make to that old hall light with the pull chain and glass globe that catches bugs. I got a low profile light and wired this bad boy in myself when I swapped it out. Hardest part was fitting the wire caps into the space since my light choice had a short wire on it. Just had to stand on a high step to see it for peace of mind everything was connected. Mounted the switch to the frame of the closet the light is most used for. Looks fabulous and works perfectly. Best price for the huge update and ease of use. Easily connected to the fixture and the perfect fit. Sure would work as a mobile remote control but I love it mounted where it's needed most.

Doesn't work. I wired it in correctly (black to hot and white to neutral on the light side, red to hot and blue to natural on the power input side, ground to the light), the tab is out of the remote. I figured, maybe it's not pre-programmed (because some units may not be according to the instructions), so I followed the steps to program the transmitter, however no matter how long I hold down the program button (3 or 6 seconds) the light will not flash on the transmitter. I got my test light to ensure that the transmitter is receiving power, it is. My input voltage is 120AC, 60Hz and my light is less than 200W led. This product simply doesn't work and I'm returning it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Worked perfectly to add a switch to my bathroom fan light. No problem fitting the module inside the fan’s built in j-box, without the need to crawl into the attic. Works great.

Works well once you get it installed, no issues with the remote or box after installed. I might be naive about electrical issues, but when I read "no wiring" in the description I thought that meant you wouldn't have to do anything with wires which was not the case at all. You have to connect the box with wires to the wires connected to your light\fan ( i connected mine to a ceiling fan). This involved taking off the cover over the ceiling fan and light, unscrewing the caps on the wire connections, stripping down the wires a little, connecting the box wires to the fan wires, and screwing the caps back on. Then, I couldn't fit the fan wire cover back on bc the box for this remote switch was so big the cover doesn't fit over it. The wires were too short for me to be able to push it up into the ceiling hole, which is not the products fault, but something I was trying to avoid dealing with by buying something that was "no wiring", and this is definitely not that. ( you can see in the pics how it looks now until I figure out how to get the cover on somehow) Also, it will only turn off the fan, not the light, so I still have to sort use the wall switch and the pull cord for the light. ( it will turn the light on) I got it for the fan specifically, so this is not the end of the world for me, but just something to keep in mind if you're considering buying one. Emits a feelable amount of heat from the box once wired up, not anything I'm concerned about, its not much, but if that is something you don't want, be aware. Would not buy again, but its already installed so I'm just going to deal with it.

I had tired others brands that didn't work (among other things the remotes had no batteries or information that you would need to purchase one or even what type). I wanted to have two remotes (we have two cars) to be able to turn on a yard light at night. Trying to back the car up in the yard when it's dark has been a problem. There are no street lights near our home. The Dewenwils unit I bought not only works but I have found that it works at a much longer range than advertised. (I've added a couple of photos to show how I installed the control unit on a wall plate. This is just the way I did it and not in any way intended to be a recommendation from either myself or the Dewenwils company.) The unit comes with one remote and the company doesn't offer the remotes separately. I ended up purchasing a second unit to get the second remote. An added expanse but the original price is reasonable and now I have a spare control if the original one ever fails. It's so nice to find a product that works the way it's supposed to. I could wish the company would offer offer the remote (key fob) separately. I found their replies to my e-mail questions via their contact site to be very prompt and helpful. A good company to deal with all around. There is more to the story! I did order another type of device from this same series (a plug-in remote control). That remote worked with both the new unit and the original but when I cancelled the original remote to make this new remote work the original stopped working. So, in my mind it appears that the different types of units (wall plug, for example) have dedicated remotes that will work only for each type of product. I finally acquired as second unit like the original and what do you know now both remotes will turn the light on and off just like I wanted in the first place. Dewenwils has my overall best rating! A great company to work with.

Does what it claims to do, range is a bit tricky and it needs to be positioned just right if you are using all three switches. The switches, feel very cheap, and have a cheap clicky feel to them that does not feel good.

Excelente producto

Súper funcional el producto y funciona perfectamente

I ordered the single switch with two receivers. Installation was a breeze. Turned off the power, connected the existing white wire to their blue and existing black wire to their red. I hooked up a test light to their black and white wires and turned the power back on and the receivers worked immediately when I clicked the remote switch. The only negative is the screws provided to mount the remote to the wall really have to be tightened down so they don't sit too high and block the remote latching in to the frame.