Leviton 6526-W 15A 120V AC Combination Decora Wall Switch

kevin desroche: Return it

Canada on Nov 04, 2023

Matt Stead: This seems like a very high quality. The switch is very reliable and feels high quality. The overall build of the product is nice. It feels high quality, well designed, and sturdy.

I wasn't able to get the nightlight part of it working even using the instructions based on my wiring. I don't fault the product for it but it would have been good to know that it won't work in all wiring setups.

Canada on Mar 05, 2022

T. Stokes: Happy with quality of this switch and that the motion light works nice as a night light in the hallway.
Will recommend and purchase again!!

Canada on Sep 17, 2021

Brian BBrian B: Works as described. I installed it in a dark garage to control an outside light. You can see in my picture that I wrote the word "ON" under the switch on the right side as a reminder because the light it controls is located outside of the garage/not visible from the switch area, and I'm used to switches toggling up/down not left/right. The nightlight in the switch is not as bright as some of those adjustable rounded nightlights that plug into an electric outlet, but the light in this switch does glow enough to dimly light the immediate area near it in the garage, which is certainly better than total darkness. When on, you can see the 2 little LEDs located behind that whitish plate at the top of the switch, and they create a soft glow. (In the picture the light looks very bright in the dark, but in person it's more of a soft glow.) For my particular needs I wish it was brighter, but it's probably the perfect brightness for a bathroom switch for people who wake up in the middle of the night and don't want to turn on the bright bathroom lights. Installation was easy for me; I'm not an electrician. Some wall switches have little holes you can simply push the rigid wires into then the...

United States on Aug 09, 2021

RD: A really good product for its intended purpose. I have installed several of these in my home as well as products from competitors, but Leviton is always of excellent quality. Would recommend for sure.

Canada on Dec 30, 2020

Anthony H: Works great as advertised, i've had it installed for a few months now and it works perfectly. Never had an issue.

Canada on Aug 22, 2020

Rarely Write Reviews: This lighted switch has its own separate neutral wire so I was able to use it in the kitchen as an automatic (always on) night light while the switch separately controls the garbage disposal motor as a true on or off (no electric current pass through when off) switch. Works great as a true on or off switch for the garbage disposal, and the separate light is nice and bright enough to see where one is walking at night through the kitchen. My only issue is that there is no light sensor adjustment. The sensor only turns the light all the way off on my switch when a fairly bright light is shined directly on the sensor. In other words, even in the daytime, the night light is usually "on" albeit dimmer than it gets at night when it is on at full light intensity. So it is using more electricity than needed, but the sensor on my switch may be calibrated differently than on another identical switch. I wish it had an adjustment similar to many newer LED dimmer switches. Without any way to calibrate the sensor, I have a night light that is usually on in the day - albeit dimmer than at night - too. Other than that caveat, it's a great combo switch and fits my need well.

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United States on Aug 11, 2018

Waldo: This thing is magical. I put it in our bathroom. It's just enough light to allow someone to see at night to go to the bathroom without turning on the full light and burning out their retinas. Looks pretty sleek and modern too.

I almost didn't install it because of so many people saying they didn't have a neutral wire in their electrical box (which this requires). I don't know much about home wiring, so I was worried I would need an electrician or something. After reading up, the neutral wire is just the white wire. If your house was built in the 80s or later, your almost guaranteed to have a neutral wire. The only other challenge was figuring out which black wire was "hot" and which was the "line". For that, get an induction electrical tester for $10 at home depot, flip off the breaker, disconnect the old switch and splay the wires out of the box so they don't touch. Flip back on the breaker and use the tester to figure out which black wire has power. That's your "hot" one. The other black is the "line", and the white is the "neutral" (plus the green ground wire). Shut the breaker back off, connect them up per the diagram, and you should be good to go.

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United States on Jan 25, 2015

Scott J: We built a new home and wanted stairway lighting. But I hate seeing those metal grille lights with the dim nightlight bulbs behind the grill. So little light, such a pain to change, and the metal grille always looks dirty and dusty. The electrician told me about the Leviton 6527 night light (the one WITHOUT the switch) and I ordered them from Amazon and wired one up to try it out. We used those units on all of our flights of stairs and they work beautifully.

At the same time, I ordered several of these, for our bathroom light switches. (If you're over 40, you know how it is... you wander into the bathroom in the middle of the night and your choices are to turn the light on and be blinded, or risk bumping into things.) I must say they work beautifully, but, even though each one is only a single LED, because they are mounted at switch height, they are almost blinding in the middle of the night. I wish there was some way they could be manufactured so they cast the light downward and not straight out. Still, I think I'd rather have these than any other technology we could have gotten.

United States on Sep 28, 2013