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We just built a dumb house (intentionally). The electricians put in Lutron switches everywhere.

Each one seems to contain a computer, as do some of the LED fixtures.

You can turn on the lights in the bathroom, and start your business before the lights come on. Some of the other switches simply don't work at all (motion detector in the garage? Bypassed! Auto humidity fan switches? Always the wrong policy, haven't figured out how the override button works 6 months in.)

Don't get me started on the compatibility issues between the dimmers or the LEDs, or manufactures endeavors to "minimize nuisance trips" because the new AFCI breakers hate high torque motors.

If humanity ever masters time travel, I'm going back to the 80s to buy light switches!



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