Reddit reviews Lutron Caseta Smart Home Plug-in Lamp Dimmer Switch, Works with Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and The Google Assistant | PD-3PCL-WH | White

Gladly! I actually followed THIS YouTube DIY for the most part. I would watch it, as it gives you a pretty clear picture of what it all entails. BUT, keep in mind that this video leaves SOOOO much out and is not very accurate. I used the exact measurements that the video used, and made it work, but ran into several issues along the way. Below I will list the parts that I used, and the flaws in the video that required a different process.

• First of all, the mirror size and light lengths just don't add up. In her video the lights mount flat to the wall, but for the sizes she SAYS she uses, you must overlap the lights onto the mirror a bit. No big deal at all. But you have to put something behind the light to fill the gap between the wall and light (I just used 1/4" trim, super simple)
  
  
• Second of all, THERE IS NO WAY that she got that dimmer to work. I purchased the exact same one and it wont fit in the light ballast. I ended up going with an outlet style dimmer, and it works great. Ill link it at the bottom.
  
  
• If I think of any other stuff that is not like the video, I will let you know.
  
  
• MIRROR
  
  
• BULBS
  
  
• TOP and SIDE light ballasts.
  
  
• DIMMER
  
  EDIT: Please forgive me if this makes no sense. I am running on no sleep and tend to ramble when I'm tired. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Very, very easy. Heck the lamp modules look like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Caseta-Wireless-Lighting-Dimmer-PD-3PCL-WH/dp/B00KHSXB60/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1521211609&sr=8-2&keywords=lutron+lamp

And the wall plate adapters to make the remotes mount to the wall are just plastic plates that you put a normal switch cover on.

https://www.amazon.com/Caseta-Wireless-Wallplate-Bracket-PICO-WBX-ADAPT/dp/B00JZRAFEA/ref=sr_1_10?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1521211653&sr=1-10&keywords=lutron+switch+plate


You don't countersink them, just screw to a flat wall. Its amazingly simple.

Lutron Caseta Wireless Smart Lighting Lamp Dimmer, PD-3PCL-WH, Works with Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and the Google Assistant https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KHSXB60/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_NC5PBb4VNT7GJ

Actually Lutron does make a lamp dimmer: Lutron Caseta Wireless Smart Lighting Lamp Dimmer

The lutron lamp dummer: https://www.amazon.com/Lutron-Wireless-Lighting-PD-3PCL-WH-Assistant/dp/B00KHSXB60/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1538859610&sr=8-3&keywords=lutron+dimmer+plug

is the only dimmable smart plug I'm aware of, but it only works for lamps. You need the Lutron bridge for this wot work.

You can use any Homekit dimmable switch to control your G9 bulbs.

Quick search and I found this https://www.amazon.com/Lutron-Wireless-Lighting-PD-3PCL-WH-Assistant/dp/B00KHSXB60/

I have a gas fireplace that was controlled by a switch on the wall. The switch was a low voltage switch that essentially just connected two wires together to turn on the fireplace and disconnected them to turn off the fireplace. The electronics that control the fireplace are behind a panel underneath the fireplace, and there is a decent amount of room and a power strip in there. I believe most gas fireplaces controlled by a switch on the wall have a similar setup.

So what I did was plugged in a Lutron Lamp smart plug (https://www.amazon.com/Lutron-Wireless-Lighting-PD-3PCL-WH-Assistant/dp/B00KHSXB60/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=lutron+lamp+dimmer&qid=1564055576&s=gateway&sprefix=lutron+lamp+&sr=8-3) to the power strip below the fireplace, and then I plugged in this AC/DC relay to that (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B017743I7S?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title). What the relay does is just make a connection between its terminals whenever the outlet it’s plugged into (the Lutron Lamp plug in this case) is turned on. I then spliced the wires going to the switch on the wall and connected them to the relay. Then, the last step was to pair a Lutron Pico remote / switch (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00KLAXOE8?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title) to the Lutron lamp plug, and then I replaced the switch on the wall with the Lutron Pico switch. Now I can turn the fireplace off and on from a switch on the wall still, but I can also control the fireplace from HomeKit, Google Home, Alexa, etc. I also set up some rules to automatically turn off the fireplace if it’s been on for 3 hours, and to notify me if it turns on and I’m not home. These are just in case we accidentally hit the button to turn it on while we’re in bed or away or whatever.

https://www.amazon.ca/Lutron-PD-3PCL-WH-Caseta-Wireless-300-watt/dp/B00KHSXB60 it’s not pretty... lol

I do like the way it redirects to the side though.

I also have same problem for my track lights. This is the only option I found for me if you need smart dimmable plug.


Lutron Caseta dimmable plug

There are bunch of manual dimmable plug as well if you are looking for cheap option.

Lutron Dumb dimmable plug

The Lutron Caseta PD-3PCL-WH meets your requirements. Works with HomeKit, Alexa and Google Assistant, and requires a Lutron smart hub.

https://smile.amazon.com/Lutron-Wireless-Lighting-PD-3PCL-WH-Assistant/dp/B00KHSXB60/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1540571565&sr=8-8&keywords=lutron+caseta

Not cheap by any means, but this will do what you want and more. You also need to get the Lutron SmartHub.

http://www.amazon.com/Lutron-PD-3PCL-WH-Wireless-300-watt-Plug-In/dp/B00KHSXB60/ref=pd_sim_60_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=31sB4nI-RFL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0GB2Z08VQNW5WTFPD8MR

I actually didn’t realize Leviton made anything but in-wall/installed hardware. Thanks for posting that.

Now to find an option that’s HomeKit compatible, as well. I’m fairly certain that doesn’t exist...but you’ve got me wondering.

Edit: I think this is it:Lutron Caseta lamp dimmer. I had seen this before, but in product photos I’d seen it appeared it was an in-wall switch. In that Amazon photo I now see its a smart plug that just looks like a wall switch.

But man that ~$50 price.

Edit, again: I was wrong; that Lutron plug isn’t WiFi.