Lightwave RF L23 Dimmer Switch Stainless Steel 3 Gang
Your Home. Smarter.
Simply replace your existing light switches with a Lightwave Smart Dimmer and experience the potential of smart lighting!
The Link Plus App
Technical Specifications
- 150 x 88 x 30 mm
- Weight: 230 g
- Max Dimmable Load: 200W
- Max Dimmable Load (LED): 60W
- Min Dimmable Load (Without Neutral): 10W
- Min Dimmable Load (With Neutral): 0W
- LED BULBS MUST BE DIMMABLE
L23/LP23 – Lightwave Smart Dimmer (3-Gang)
Much more than a switch
Control your home lighting from anywhere using your smartphone
- Create timers, scenes, triggers and other automations
- Works with Apple HomeKit, Amazon Echo, Google Home & IFTTT including voice control
- Lightwave Link Plus required
- Simple installation: replace your existing switches using the same wiring
- Smart Dimmer fits standard 35mm back-box
- Optional 10mm spacer included
- Compatible with dimmable LED bulbs
- WiFi router with broadband internet connection required
Magic Button – One Switch to Rule them All
Without any extra wiring, you can create a master switch to turn off every Lightwave device in your smart home. You can create Automations through the Lightwave App to trigger any number of devices at the touch of a button.
Magic Button – One Switch to Rule them All
Save Energy the Smart Way
A Gentle Wakeup in the Morning
Be Home When You’re Away
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Multiple Control OptionsLightwave Smart Home is compatible with all three major voice platforms – Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple HomeKit (Siri). The Lightwave App is also available on Android or iOS mobile phones and tablets. Whether using voice, app or manual control, Lightwave Smart Home is simple and intuitive. | Simple InstallationLightwave Smart Dimmers and Smart Sockets are simple to install using existing wiring. Simply replace your existing switches and sockets to make your home smart. Consult a qualified expert with any installation concerns. | Magic ButtonCreate an Automation through the Lightwave app to trigger any number of Lightwave devices at the press of a button. You can create a Magic Button to turn on your floor lamps and ceiling lights together. Left a light turned on downstairs? Create a Magic Button on your landing to turn off all downstairs lights before bed. | Why change every bulb?For rooms with more than one bulb or a chandelier, choosing a Smart Dimmer over multiple Smart Bulbs can be a more economical option. If someone accidentally turns off the light switch, Smart Bulbs cannot be controlled. That’s not very smart! Lightwave Smart Dimmers are always ready to go, whether the switch is on or off. |
About Lightwave
Lightwave’s clever devices offer practical and unique solutions through an innovative approach to Smart Home technology. Lightwave products can be retrofitted with no need for additional wiring and allow a world of smart possibilities. Your Home. Smarter.
| Weight: | 415 g |
| Size: | 3 Gang |
| Dimensions: | 30 x 15 x 8.8 cm; 415 Grams |
| Model: | L23 |
| Part: | L23 |
| Colour: | Stainless Steel |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Manufacture: | Lightwave RF |
| Colour: | Stainless Steel |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 3 Gang |
Nice
Would recommend these the only thing is they are expensive
These are the best light switches out there
Can’t fault this at all. 100% recommend them
I wish I could buy lots more of them to put in every room of the house but can’t afford it.
Lots of features and they recognise the bulbs they area attached to so it who’s how much power it’s using and does the brightness right for the bulbs attached. Works with Alexa very fast and faultlessly. Can change colours to suit your style in between the buttons. Can turn this little light off on the buttons as well if say in a bedroom which is another nice touch.
If you can afford it buy them and you won’t be disappointed.
These are the best light switches out there
Can’t fault this at all. 100% recommend them
I wish I could buy lots more of them to put in every room of the house but can’t afford it.
Lots of features and they recognise the bulbs they area attached to so it who’s how much power it’s using and does the brightness right for the bulbs attached. Works with Alexa very fast and faultlessly. Can change colours to suit your style in between the buttons. Can turn this little light off on the buttons as well if say in a bedroom which is another nice touch.
If you can afford it buy them and you won’t be disappointed.
Brilliant, if you get stuck the UK support center is great. Don’t need a neutral wire, works perfectly with alexa and you can set up switches to work together without rewiring the house! I’ve kitted out the whole house now
I’ve since started installing quite a few of these throughout my home. Pretty easy installation, power off and switch the cables over. Noticed the recess wasn’t big enough so installed the enclosed spacer looks really good fitted actually. Works really well.
Tech support was brilliant when I had a query with automation, talked me through everything step by step and even checked it was done correctly. Absolutely brilliant.
Highly recommended!!
I’m very impressed with this technology to the point where I’ve now put LightwaveRF light switches in every room of my home and have started to change some of the basic electric sockets to LightwaveRF. I’ve been using the system for a number of years and they have have worked perfectly. It works seamlessly with my Google Home setup, where I have a NEST Hub Max in each of the main rooms. The setup is easy and there are fairly regular firmware updates. The app is easy to use, but to be honest I only ever use that to set up the devices and routines, I use Google assistant to control them either from my phone or the Google Home devices. I prefer LightwaveRF over some of the other systems as you can use your existing lights and light bulbs, in most use cases there is no need to change, which means you have access to far more variety of light fittings, than say a Phillips Hue system. You do need to also purchase a Link Plus device, which is the router that connects the devices to the internet. but you only need one of these per home for all of the devices. I have a fairly large home and it hasn’t failed to reach every switch.
I can’t recommend the system enough.
I have installed two of these.
One operating with a neutral is perfectly silent, and offers energy monitoring.
One operating without a neutral works perfectly fine, however a slight capacitor whine noise is audible when you are next to it, and energy monitoring is not available.
The smart functions work flawlessly with Google assistant, however the buttons feel a bit flimsy for the price.
Excellent dimmer switch
I initially bought one of these as my room. Was being decorated
Ended up buying three as the dimmer was easy to install and can be controlled with your phone or voice via Siri or Google..
I will be buying more as I upgrade the house
Best switch without neutral
Easy to install and set up. Used as a slave switch 2 way
Use the correct bulbs
Easy to install well written instructions. Did have an issue with one side of the switch would switch off and on but the lights remained on, thought it was a faulty switch so managed to get a replacement (great service) fitted the new one and still had the same issue. Wish I had checked bulb compatibility as this proved the problem, basically I had two lights circuit controlled by the 2gang switch when you swapped the wires around you still had the same problem. I found it worked fine if you have a combined load of over 10 Watts so I used dimmable led bulbs @ 7w each. Very pleased with it. The whole system with the link plus was easy to setup and works great with the echo. Dot.
Rock Solid Performance
I have been using the Lightwave switches for more than a year now in my Apple HomeKit environment and their performance has been rock solid. The connection has not dropped even once. The app allows to customise a lot of features including changing the colour and intensity of the LEDs. I have also been able to use them as multi-way switches for my hallway lights which have three switches controlling the lights. They require a hub attached to your router which is a downside.
Asthecticly pleasing on the eye, but hard to get your dimming levels right.
I don’t like how it dims! It’s nice and smooth but you can’t set it at the level you want unless you buy the WiFi unit to enable it to your phone which is a bit TOO pricey.
Dimmer switch. Two gang
Good quality dimmer. Does the job and looks nice.
Very good feature, extension collar included with switch as dimmer quite deep.
We have a number of these installed and they work well. Ours are linked to Google assistant enabling us to control our lights by voice. Only negative we have found is that if the switch is controlling a single bulb it can struggle with certain bulb types if the electrical resistance is too low. This can cause the light switch to reset itself and need recalibrating. Solution is to find a suitable bulb or get your electrician to add resistance in the circuit.
Stylish and high quality
I have about 25 of these in my house and around 45 plug sockets too. These are stylish, high quality and work well as part of my smart home integratio
Easily installed and setup if you read and check your dimming led bulb type!
It’s as far as I’m aware the only smart dimmer switch available that you don’t need to use a neutral wire for.
Installation is easy and the the switch reports it’s status back to the hub.
Auto calibration is a bit hit and miss but easily adjust using the app.
I get on with it perfect. All that said it is a very expensive system.
Great product but expensive for what it is.
These are great switches and despite other reports, having installed these throughout my house myself, I can confirm the setting up of a master/slave is very simple. Equally being able to wire a live/neutral and using as a smart switch without a lighting circuit is great for 2 way switching. All this is far better than the gen 1.
Where they go wrong is:
1: The price. 100 for a 2 way dimmer and 200 for a 4 way is very expensive vs others
2: Lack of devices. Gen 1 was far better served, they blame apple for this, aparently it costs a lot and takes a long time to get it certified….
3: The move to common live is a pain where you have multi level house with different circuits as of cause stairs will normally have 2 separate circuits and if you try to merge them… well it will work until the next guy works on the circuit then I hope for his sake yoy have a RCD to save them a nasty shock! Because I this I don’t think these are really self install any longer as Joe public without a degree in electronic engineering has no idea if its safe to connect both lives to the common.
Finally, the app sucks! it does what it needs to yes, but they having designed it… no user journey… if I want to turn the bedside light on i have to open app, chose floor, chose room, find the icon tap it… can take 30 seconds. Cant help but think could be done much bette
Good-quality
Good quality, works well but ensure you read the entire manual – we have one set of lights controlled by switches in two locations (either side of a room) and hadn’t realised that we had to replace BOTH switches with Lightwave ones.
Fantastic product and suppo
Easy to install, looks great and the support were polite and helpful.
Fantastic product and suppo
Easy to install, looks great and the support were polite and helpful.
Fantastic product and suppo
Easy to install, looks great and the support were polite and helpful.
Great product!!!
Looks sleek and modern in the house, easy to install & has many more features than the brand’s competitors
Great product!!!
Looks sleek and modern in the house, easy to install & has many more features than the brand’s competitors
Fantastic switches
I have these swithces all throughout the house. They are extremely good quality switches and look very sleek and modern, much nicer than traditional switches. The automations are easy to setup through the app. We’ve had our switches for some time now and never had any issues. Brilliant switches!!
Great produc
Great product, easy to set up and use…. Works very well with Google home… I tried a few cheaper products out before this one and had so many problems. Lovely switches, I have already re purchased.
Thanks
Easy to instal and setup
Easy to install and simple to setup and configure for the different bulbs and automatic calibratio
Easy install, look great.
I was worried this would be the most complex switch to install. Turns out it was actually very simple and I found it the easiest to install. That could be down to me leaving this to the lady and having learned from my previous installs.
This was the white metal switch and I love it. Looks amazing on the wall and with the LED’s set at the dimmest level it’s unobtrusive in the room.
Look great, work great, easy install
Expensive but the best for UK market.
No neutral required at the dimmer!
Work great with LED, very configurable (leading, trailing edge supported and adjustable dimming range).
Multi way switching supported.
Work with HomeKit.
Look great.
I have replaced most of the light switches in our house with these. They are expensive but they are very good.
Smart home.
Easy to install, good looking for the home.
Setting up was a little frustrating if changing dimmable lamps, turning the power off and on from the fuse box and pressing the required within 5 seconds takes two people. Has some nice new features.
Switch or voice
Sometimes it takes longer to ask Alexa tha it does to hit the switch. These let me do both.
Brillia
Nice contempory sockets.
We use them with our phones and Alexa.
Work great!
Works grea
A little fiddly to get 2 way switching setup but once it’s working it’s brilliant and seems to work with all good quality dimmable LED bulbs. I’ve got almost 15 of these in various guises and am very happy
Really good
Really convenient, app, voice and manual control. Best part is the switches can also be setup to control other things, like sockets or even other dimmers!
Require Technical Support from Lightwave???
If you purchase a Lightwave L21 from Amazon and it is faulty. The Lightwave Technical Support Team are very good in replacing it with a new Lightwave Dimmer Switch. Excellant serivce and guidance. Would recommend as they have a solution to all problems.
I live in a rented flat and the light fittings are sealed units with 15 spot lights in four zones in the lounge. Replacing all of these with Hue or other smart bulbs wasn’t an option for me. After a little too-ing and fro-ing with tech support to figure out the wiring diagram against the standard UK home wiring setup (it’s not quite as logical as you’d imagine but makes sense once explained) to a complete novice, I now have 4 zone smart lighting I can dim from anywhere. I’m using the LightwaveRF (autocorrect is on form today!) hub as well. I’ve hooked these up via Google home so I can use voice control. My LEDS aren’t supposed to work with this type of dimmer and flickered during initial setup but some fine tuning of the top and bottom end of the dimming range has cured this.
If you just want a route into smart lighting and can’t replace every bulb or live in a rented place you want to easily remove the switch from when you leave this is a great produc
Great switch once you learn how to install
have lightwaverf across entire flat, amazing product but installation is very difficult and tedious.
Verry nice range of products, instalation and setup was a breeze.
I have bought the LightwaveRF Gen2 light switches, sockets and a Link Plus. No problems setting the devices up, good quality products with a nice design. So far all works happily with the app.
Vast improvement on Generation 1, particularly the app.
4 star because it’s expensive and the first one delivered was DOA. But Amazon Customer Service was excellent, as usual.
Brilliant but expensive.
Purchased with a few more items of the Lightwave products.
I am an electrician though and found the install very easy.
Used with remote switches and the hub it can easily be controlled.
Only issue I have with this item is the cost.
I had to two way my set of switches so required two units.
That’s costly. Also you require a supply to this so it can work.
Beauty is though a standard switch can be swapped for this and made into a 3 Gang.
Great product..
Great function, good looking
Built up quite a few of these in the house over the years and they really are great products. Integrated with Alexa seamlessly. Never realised how much easier they made things until we moved house. I’ve just bought a load more to replace the existing switches.
Great family of products
Built up quite a few of these in the house over the years and they really are great products. Integrated with Alexa seamlessly. Never realised how much easier they made things until we moved house. I’ve just bought a load more to replace the existing switches.
Smarter than a "smart bulb" system
Smart light-switches are the best way to go if you want to install YOUR choice of dimmable light bulb, be it a cheap one from your local hardware store or a specialised antique squirrel cage bulb etc.
The “Link Plus” unit serves as the hub for your ‘smart lighting/switching/heating’ network. It plugs into your WiFi Router and communicates via radio frequency with the lightswitch, as opposed to directly via WiFi (e.g. Philips Hue).
Setting up was easy and straightforward. The app is simple and intuitive and you can set schedules or timers for a single device or group of devices. You can switch on the light either directly from the light switch on the wall (and dim accordingly) or from your smartphone app (Android, Apple iOS) or a laptop.
If your WiFi goes down or if you lose your internet connection you can still operate the light from the lightswitch as you would with any standard dimmer switch.
I also managed to link the switch to my Google Home speaker for voice activation! (Amazon Echo [Alexa] is also supported)
Lightwave the slimmer dimme
Used in our bedroom to control an array of dimmable downright LED lights the switch was easy and simple to install as a standard replacement light switch. Very good instructions were also provided with connection to the hub executed without issue to enable remote control of the light switch. The biggest issue is with the lighting software app that has changed many times and continues to fail to provide all the functionality promised. Once the software is working correctly this lighting system will be one of the best however until then currently it’s an expensive although very nice looking standard dimmer switch that may not be used to full potential without the software app.
Much better than Version 1
Had the previous version on 8 LED dimmers and the switch kept blowing as its was overloaded. This one works much better, no issues after a few months.
Looks great and works great providing you use compatible bulbs, specifically if you are like the rest of the population moving to Led’s. Need to check that your leds are compatible as there are more that are not than those that are. Check the lightwave website first…
Reliable, Easy, and Sma
Easy to fit, even easier to setup. No need to change how you normally use a light switch, so guests and family don’t need instruction on how to “use” your house when visiting.
Works exactly as described!
I’m surprised, given the mixed reviews, but this works exactly as described and worked first time. I’ve just ordered another three for other rooms.
Setup was painless, I just followed the 4 steps in the poster it arrives with.
I chose this to replace our Philips Hue as having multiple light switches in each room was confusing for the family, and a limited choice of expensive bulbs wasn’t ideal.
Very happy with Lightwave as an alternative – its much simpler for everyone to use and seems to work with our existing regular bulbs just fine. 10/10.
I needed a light switch like this and this is a good switch
I needed a light switch like this and this is a good switch. I think it should be cheaper.
Great upgrade
I have been using the Gen1 lightwave kit for a while, you do have to upgrade almost everything to get the benefits but it all works well
Great switch, only one I have found for use in the UK without neutral wires. Works great with HomeKit. If I’m being fussy, the buttons could feel better when pressed, but quite robust and works well. Saves buying lots of smart bulbs that require switches to be left on.
I did get flickering lights from one of the switches, although a simple firmware update on the app fixed the issue and not seen it since.
Excellent easily installed product, a surprisingly small profile inside the box, the lightwave app works really well but the killer feature is the compatibility with HomeKit, with this switch you can turn any dumb light into a smart light, I even cut the plugs off of some floor standing uplighters and attached this switch to a pattress box, then wired the uplights through this, giving control from anywhere in the world with full dimming control of any lights in the house.
Love them, using them for a year now.
Using few of them for a year now. New firmware brought many new features. Really happy with them. Very reliable and fast to respond to command with HomeKit unlike many other HomeKit devices.
The only automatable dimmer I could find that does not require a neutral connection. Simple to wire and using the supplied spacer allows it to be used with a shallow wall box. I even used the spacer on a deep wall box as I think it looks nicer.
The only down side is it doesn’t support remote controls or integrate with other automation systems easily although it does support IFTTT and Alexa.
Having the two way communications does mean I can easily see if a light is on using the App but I wonder if I should have gone with the Generation 1 version as it has wider third party support and remotes.
Hopefully in time LightWaveRF will provide an API to support third party integration and extend the range but time will tell.
Beautiful design, simple(ish) to install, unless you’re trying to fit a 2-way switch which Lightwave convenient doesn’t mention in BOLD that if you wire it like you would a normal switch you would irreparably damage it, but luckily I realised before attempting to do so. The wiring symbols are also completely different to conventional UK light switch diagrams, would be great if there was some comparable guidelines for wiring. Something simple like: COM = L, L1 = X, L2 = S. There, I saved them the trouble! Very responsive control from the app though, but the hub is enormous and hangs off the router like a tumor. The metal buttons on the switch itself feel a little loose too. Just missing out on the 5th star due to the lack of examples for various wiring setups (e.g. 2-way, UK standard symbols etc) given the cost.
A very solidly built two button smart switch. Simple to use either smartly or locally via the buttons (tab either button to turn on/off or push and hold a button to adjust dimming).
If you’re going into a backbox with much less than 35mm you will need the spacer. It’s a great finish but does make the switch protrude a little – it doesn’t bother me but if you want a flat-against-the-wall switch make sure that backbox has plenty of room.
The instructions for fitting in the box are good for the electrical size of things and the warnings on how to wire and not to wire. Getting the switch to sit in the spacer and “snap” all four corners of the chrome front plate into place was a sodding nightmare, and eventually took two of us to apply a ton of pressure all around (and the handle end of a screwdriver behind a cloth) to get the last damn corner in. This was despite having removed and checked out alignment, flatness against the wall/spacer and so forth.
Once it’s on, looks really does look great and that finish is solid and polished – I’m really happy with it.
Pairing with the hub is easy (although in my hub setup originally Alexa couldn’t find the switch until multiple hub resets and calls to LW support – but that’s a hub issue not a switch issue), and if their is a pairing problem it’s easy to reset them (although that instruction isn’t in the box – if you need more info there’s various docs on the LW website)
The only slight niggle I’ve noticed is that when at the switch you tap the down button to turn it off, the light flicks off, comes back a bit and flicks off. I’m using Phillips bulbs, and there are many posts from Gen 1 that talk about the need to use good quality bulbs – so bear that in mind. Turning on the light however, no issues at all.
I’ve not put one in a bedroom yet, but be warned that the blue LED on the light between the button goes red when it’s off, and stays red whilst it’s off. It’s not hugely bright, but in a pitch black bedroom, may annoy folks that are light sensitive.
Using few of them for months now. Works very well and still improving with software/firmware updates. Will definitely buy more.