Re: flimsy switchlinc switches

[Mitch <sumcoolgai@xxxxxxxxx>]

alfred wrote:
> I have a dozen switchlinc decora style switches in my home. Out of
> these, 12 have broken mechanically - these switches still function
> electrically, but a hinge on the plastic rocker has broken. The broken
> rockers hang loose and wiggle from right to left (in addition to
> clicking up and down).
>
> The broken switches look and feel like junk. Smarthome claims this is
> the first they have ever heard of such a problem, which is not credible
> to me (7 broken switches out of 12). I have never had any other kind of
> light switch break.
>
> Anyone else have this problem?
>
Nope.  I have had various "soft" problems with earlier model switches
from Smarthome(never buy version 1 of anything if you can avoid it), but
otherwise, they've been pretty reliable -- on par with Leviton.

Mitch