Smart plugs are everywhere nowadays, but if yous want one that comes with a physical remote command, Lutron'south Caseta Plug-In Lamp Dimmer is a smart plug to consider. Here's how to set information technology up.

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Lutron is the king of dimmer switches—in fact, they invented them. And the Caseta lineup is great for those who want a fleck of smarts in their lights equally well. The company's Plug-In Lamp Dimmers are smart plug-esque devices that come with near the same features as the Caseta dimmer switches, including an accompanying Pico remote.

Footstep One: Fix the Plug-In Dimmer

To get started, simply plug the dimmer into a free outlet. Ideally, you lot'll want to plug information technology into the bottom receptacle, as plugging it into the height one will take upwards the entire outlet.

Next, plug in upwards to two lamps into the dimmer. There are receptacles on either side of the device. Exist certain that the light bulbs you're using in your lamps are dimmable (it'll usually say right on the seedling and the box it comes in).

Turn on your lamps at their switches if they're non already on.

At this betoken, the plug-in dimmer is all set up and yous tin can control your lights using the buttons on the device itself. You can turn the lamps on and off, likewise as dim or brighten them to any level y'all want. Nevertheless, controlling the lights from the plug-in dimmer isn't really ideal, which is why there's the Pico remote to make things easier.

Step Two: Fix the Pico Remote

Start by pressing and property down the Off push button on the plug-in dimmer for about five seconds until the small LED light starts blinking green.

Then, printing and hold down the Off button on the remote for effectually five seconds until the lamp that's plugged into the dimmer blinks 3 times (the LED light on the remote will flash briefly at the get-go, so plough off, and then flash again when the remote has been paired).

The remote and the plug-in dimmer are now connected to each other. At this point, you're all gear up, and tin can apply the remote to command your lights. Just you can also set up a shortcut, which we'll explicate in the side by side step.

Step 3: Fix Up a Dimming Shortcut (Optional)

If you lot notice that you normally dim your lights to the aforementioned level, you can use the round push on the Pico remote to set up a dimming shortcut of sorts.

Start by setting your lights to the brightness level that y'all want for the shortcut. Then, hold down the round button on the remote until the LED light on the plug-in dimmer blinks twice.

After that, whenever you press the circular button, your lights dim to the level you set.