Advanced Wiring Guide for the Caséta by Lutron Smart Switches

Adding smart switches to your home is much easier than you think. This Advanced Wiring Guide will walk you through how to stay safe and install a Caseta Smart Switch in most of the different wiring setups you will see in your home.

00:11 Advanced Wiring Guide
00:39 Electrical Safety
02:18 Types or Wiring
03:57 Supplies & Tools
04:50 Single Pole Wiring
05:48 Claro Smart Switch VS Diva Smart Dimmer
06:50 Lutron Wiring Wizard
07:33 Single Pole Claro Smart Switch
09:27 Fan Wiring Options
11:01 Single Pole Smart Fan Control
13:06 Pico Paddle Remote VS Claro Accessory Switch
15:18 3-Way Claro & Accessory Switch
17:27 3-Way Claro & Accessory Switch Box 2
19:21 3-Way Diva Smart Dimmer & Pico Paddle Remote
22:04 3-Way Diva with Mechanical
25:03 Lutron Aurora for Philips Hue
27:46 Upstairs Switches
28:43 3-Way Diva & Accessory Switch
31:06 Pair to Lutron Hub
33:03 Diva/Claro Settings
33:59 Connecting Fan Control
35:00 Pico Paddle Remote Multiple Lights Programming
36:14 Final Results

Thanks to Lutron for providing many of the light switches for this video.

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[TechWithBrett]

I'm hoping this is a helpful guide to help you go from beginner to Smart Home Pro in no time! Let me know if there is anything I missed covering.

[meanJusitn]

Comprehensive guide. Thanks Brett. There's very little in the way of options in the UK at the moment for smart switches. I've recently installed Aqara switches but functionality more limited. I said this to Brian from automate your life recently but it's really good to have decent guides for electrical work. Really valuable. Thanks

[markfrye]

Wow that wiring wizard is great! Never saw anything like it before.

[dankelley]

Great job Brett going over various switch setups. How about you cover another that is often found in a home that has three or more switches that control hallway or other lighting.

[WHATSINSIDEFAMILY]

very cool. I need to do this in my home. Love it. But might need you to come install them....

[ronthehandyman]

As a licensed electrician, just to be clear, your voltage tester is actually a NCV, non contact voltage. Means that you don’t know the actual voltage, but that voltage is present without physical contact. Another find is that on newer built homes you would have power (line side) coming in from the bottom and attached to the bottom of the switch, and (load, light etc.) attached to the top of the switch. Older homes might actually have power coming from the light fixture itself, also on some three-way systems one side might be what they call a “dead man switch” and not have a neutral in it. I can’t tell you how many places I’ve gone to and people try to do switches themselves and wound up calling an electrician. YouTube videos are very informative and a lot of times precise, but other times it winds up costing the consumer more in the long run if the videos aren’t explained completely as to what you might encounter. Electricity is nothing to play with, it’s fire waiting to happen. So if you feel uncomfortable, please call a licensed electrician.

[dmw]

Over all good video, this type of content is definitely missing from youtube. A few things I would recommend to you and other caseta users. First I highly recommend using the lutron 4 button scene keypads especially since you have shades included in your setup. Something that I felt was missing from the video was a brief explanation of trim settings available at the switch with a specific button press. I also felt that the explanations of what each wire in a 3 way switch was doing was lacking. I also would have liked to see onscreen diagrams of what was being discussed, preferably just screen shots from lutrons advanced guide. If someone is wanting to learn more about advanced lutron caseta setups I would highly recommended reading through lutrons advanced setup pdf, it is very long but covers most use cases. I had thought from my previous research that lutron killed the ability to use a dumb toggle switch with the diva and clara switches. How is that working for you, any reliability issues?

[johnnyreeves]

Very well done video! I am in the middle of a complete remodel and I am going with all Lutron switches and blinds. It will be a little pricey but I believe worth it. Will the Claro fan/light ON/OFF switch work to control a bathroom vent and light that are on a single switch?

[lance]

Great video, only question that I really have is what is the max wattage that a diva or the specific lutron switch can handle. I've had some issues with other smart light switches not being able to handle the wattage in the circuit

[kem]

Hey Brett another helpful video for how to install smart switches. But I noticed at time 21:17 you have the Zooz scene switch. Will you be doing a separate video for that install and what scenes you've set up? I'm trying to decide between the Zooz scene switch and the Topgreener scene switch, which has more scene buttons. How do you like the Zooz so far?

[rokypacome]

hello thanks for the video, it was really helpful, please i have a question, does the lutron hulb have a determined or limited distance at home for connection with the switches, like a big home where the hub is at the basement and the are bout 3 upstairs story, can one hub be enough to cover the whole house or u can add hubs at diiferent stages of ur home, and the connection of the wireless pico remote specially

[gkalisa]

Great video, Great explanation but I think I need a pre-requisite (beginner) video before I watch this. Those 3-way switches got me confused.

[Paulster]

Hello

I have 3 bathroom that use regular 3 switches. 2 of the 3 switches control the mirror light and ceiling lights. The 1 switch control the fan (not a ceiling fan). Does your product work in each of my bathroom and what product should I get?

[Devilcity]

Looks like chaos, please stay safe . ❤

[wscottfunk]

Hey Brett, nice job! Question.. is there a decora style Lutron option to control Philips Hue bulbs? I don't have any toggle type switches in my home and don't like the look of the knob look of the Aurora. dimmer. I'd prefer for all of my switches to remain decora style. Thanks!

[daktusdurggery]

What’s that one remote in the middle with 5 buttons?

[josefrapa]

Nice video. I watched video when You show before add walls. Then I think thats will be castle... do not understood haw You agree with speckling job in brand new house. All switches whats I using is Insteon (before lutron world). I think is still better than any other company.

[daktusdurggery]

So it’s my understanding that most fans now have a DC motor, and a DC motor will not work correctly with a wall switch speed control. Only the AC motor will function properly with wall fan speed switch. Please explain this with your set up

[JavierLopez-zggz]

after wiring my caseta dimmer switch everything works perfect only that when dimmer is at 100% lights are not at full brightness, how can i make lights at 100%

[runenordal]

Great video:) Just done the same on all our switches. Try some Wago 221 instead of wirenuts:)? Bit safer:)