Gotta love the marketing genius… brand new home automation product that states: “Works with incandescent lighting and resistive loads (do NOT use with tube lights, motors, fans, or loads under 20 Watts).” Hate to tell you folks, but incandescent lights are all but GONE and most LED lights operate at under 20w). Doh!
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