GE 14280 Enbrighten Z-Wave Plus Smart Dimmer Plug-In, 2 Simultaneously Controlled ZWave Outlets, Works with Alexa, Google Assistant Receptacle 14288 1

Okay, first, the product does exactly what it is supposed to. It works as a 3-way or 4-way switch on a circuit in your house as long as you have the GE primary switch in that circuit. One cool feature is that up is always on, down is always off, and if your primary switch is a summer then this one will also dim the lights. So, instead of a single dimmer on a multi-switch circuit, you have dimmer capabilities on every switch.Now, the bad part, the wiring. If you are an electrician don't worry, everyone else, keep reading. The GE primary switch is the only switch in the circuit that has 110V in it. Once you go this route the other switches have only the low voltage signal provided from the extra terminal on the back of the primary. What this means is if your 3 or 4-way wiring has power on one end, and the light on the other, you need to wire it up to pass the power all the way to the switch with the light, directly, and then wire up the low voltage communication wire to reach the switches in the other direction.Before you start you need to figure out which switches are 3-way and which are 4-way. The four way will have two sets of two wires called travelers. You will find two three way switches, they have one less wire. You need to know which is connected to power and which is connected to the light. The simple way to do this is to disconnect the wires, and carefully measure the voltage when you turn the circuit on. Be careful on this step.So, I will talk about a 4-way, since 3-way is the same without the middle switches. On 4-way you will have two wires coming into the switch and two going out called travelers, these are used to switch the four way circuit. On 3-way installation. there is a single set of travelers, use them as I describe below for the two end switches. On 4-way you usually you'll have a red and black traveler coming in and the same going out. So, for all the 4-way switching in your circuit connect the red in to red out with a screw cap, then black to black. I chose to use the black for power and red for low voltage signal. So, connect ground to the white ground bundle in the outlet, connect the red wires to your only other terminal (low voltage signal) in your add on switch, and you're done with this switch.On the end with the light, you will put your master switch. Connect the incoming black traveler to the 110V terminal, white bundle ground to ground, connect the wire to the light to the light terminal, and the incoming red traveler to the low voltage signal terminal after you remove the tape. This is done.Finally, the other end. You will use an add on switch here, and connect the red traveller to the low voltage terminal. You will connect the power into the outgoing black traveller. You connect the ground to the white bundle in the socket.You are now good to go. All the boxes have the red traveller connected to the low voltage connector. The black traveller connects from one end to 110V hot down to the other into the primary switch hot connector. The light connects to the primary switch light connector. They all have ground. Now turn on the power and you're good to go.[...]

I installed this device in my Master Bedroom behind my bed to control a lamp on each of my nightstands. The USB Plugs on each side were an added bonus as it allowed me to eliminate 2 wedges for mine and my partners phone chargers. This one device allowed me to free 4 plugs under my bed, and control 2 lamps in tandem and separately at the same time. Connected great with my Vera Secure and was up and working within a few minutes. I highly recommend this things. I will be buying 2 more for other bedrooms.

Works perfectly in OpenHab2 - Connects to my Nortek USB controller and shows up as GE 28169 / Jasco 28168 Plug in Smart Switch. It's a little on the bulky side. If you install it on the bottom of a 2 outlet it will cover the top outlet, but if you install it on the top there should be enough room for a regular sized outlet. Local control button on the top is convenient.

We use these with Alex to control our lamps. They work great and we love using them. They never lose connection. I would definitely recommend them. And they are easy to setup.

I used this switched outlet in a place where I didn't want to replace the wall outlet. It controls the lamp on a nightstand. It works great and the USB ports are coming in handy to charge a phone on the nightstand as well.