How to Install a Leviton Humidity Sensor in a Bathroom -- by Home Repair Tutor
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- Is your bathroom humid? One device can solve your problem. Leviton's humidity sensor. It pulls the humidity from your bathroom and makes it comfortable. You pair the humidity sensor with a bathroom fan. It's installed much like a normal electrical switch.
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Are you worried about electrical projects?
Me too.
Today you'll see how a professional electrician installs the humidity sensor.
Bill White from Live Wire Service Group shares a ton of important tips.
He's a great teacher and you'll learn a lot in our tutorial.
One thing to know: Leviton's humidity sensor needs a neutral wire.
If your existing electrical box doesn't have a neutral then you can't use the humidity sensor.
Bill explains everything step-by-step in our video
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Good video. I installed one a month ago, to lower humidity in shower, bath and bedroom. Works like a charm. Your video helped a lot, particularly on settings.
Thank you! Excellent video. Learned a lot from it. Will do more research before I decide on buying humidity sensing fan or combo leviton + fan.
+Valter Vilar thanks, always good to research the best option for you ;)
Great video Jeff. I always enjoy your videos. Very helpful. Douglas
Thanks, Bill did all the work.
That was a great description of how houses were commonly wired with switch loops. NEC 404.2C now requires a neutral in switch boxes, "still meets code" would not be true for anything installed recently.
I have to really congratulate you, this is a very informative video and down to the point, unlike other that all they do is talk LOL.. I have a question in regards of a personal project that I'm making. I have a tool that I can't or don't have storage for it but I like to keep this tool, so I have to leave it outside. My original plan was to make a box and cover it with Foam-board and Upholstery the outside with Vinyl and put a heater inside with a thermostat. But I was wondering because of my main concern is the humidity, if this would work as the same way as the thermostat plug in I have plan in making. I know, is just something that I shouldn't be doing and I wish I had a storage for it so I wouldn't be doing this, but I have to.... Just want it to get your opinion and advice if it would work. Thank you for you time, God bless you and your love ones :)
Hi,
Super helpful video.
The bathroom setup I heave has (Vent Fan, Light) switches, but I noticed the way it’s wired from the switches it appears someone wired it with the “red” as the Light rather than the “fan”.
When I wire everything to the new humidity sensor do I swap the “red” our to the fan, because currently their are two black wired going to the existing switch for the “Vent Fan”?
Thank you for any assistance you can provide!
Excellent! So clear.
you guys did great !!! thank you
+. . DITTER thanks 👍
I installed mine closer to the ceiling, condensation closer to ceiling.i think the new fans with cond sensor would work better as they would detect humidity sooner. I like the air cycle feature of this unit.
Careful, not sure if that is up to code
great video, good explanation, easy to follow, better than the original Leviton video here on youtube!!!
Only one question: Why use always a flat screw driver ? Better "holding" capability ?
Because as you mentioned you are less likely to strip anything using a flathead screwdriver. Flathead is what was also the standard for years in the electrical industry.
Thankfully at one point he said "or square tip". In Canada we use square tip (Robertson) screw drivers for electrical connections and carpentry. It holds screws better than Philips or flat head.
Hi I liked your video but I have question I have already my fan instal and one lamp with it use the regular switch do you think does work with this control thanks
I'd like to install an inline exhaust fan in my attic to vent 2 bathrooms using the same fan. Do you know if 2 of these can be wired to control 1 fan?
You had two load wires in the video (one for the fan and one for the light in the fan). What is the next step with the wire for the light? Does that go to a separate switch? I have a fan with a light in my bathroom as well as a separate vanity light and am wondering if I can wire the light from the fan to the switch with the vanity light.
I have a double switch set up currently. One switch on top of the other. The top one is for the light. The bottom one is for the fan. Can I pigtail the light and fan wires together and use this humidity sensor to turn the light and fan on at the same time?
Great video
I have this switch to install and replace a manual switch. I have two black wires going to the old switch, and don't know which is hot and which is load. I also have to add a neutral wire - the neutrals aren't wired to the switches. Are there any other issues I should be looking for?
Here, learn something else about thing: it needs to be installed real close to the shower stall, otherwise it wont pick up the changes in humidity.
As a switched timer though, it works great but for the humidity... it's quite unreliable.
Next, the settings are not 4,3,2,1 minutes, rather, somewhat more like 10,20,30,40 minutes...
My experienced advice: install it for the timer, wired with the shower lights... then set the timer to 30-40 minutes (I have mine at 40 mins) and just hit it when you go take a shower, and let it run for 40 minutes. Theres plenty of time to shower, dry off and the fan will stay on until the timer expires.
I was in doubt about buying this switch or a new exhaust fan with the sensor integrated, once I'll be replacing it anyways. Easy to decide now based on your comment.
Actually, the instructions say that the 1 is equal to 10 minutes, the 2 is equal to 20 minutes, the 3 is equal to 30 minutes and the 4 is equal to 45 minutes, not 40 minutes.
Great vid, thanks
I bought new exhaust fans for bathroom and bought the switch to make it automatic only to find there is NO separate wire (4th) as load wire. I can use the manual switch but not this humidity sensor switch.Any ideas?
I have a working dehumidifier in my basement. My wife noticed that our electrical bill has jacked up 3 folds when I plugged this dehumidifier in 4 months ago. So that nowadays I only plug-in my dehumidifier 48 hours a week to save on energy. If I ask an electrician to install this sensor and get it to work do I still a need a dehumidifier unit for my basement?
I was trying to install one of these in my bathroom, replacing a manual switch. Unfortunately it wouldn't work as there were only three wires connected to the existing switch, and this wants 4 wires. Have to set this aside until I get an electrician in.
My old switch has only white and black wire. I put red and black together to my hot, then white to my neutral. Its constantly on. No on and off feature.
What can I do ?
Very Informative I was having a hard time figuring out the wiring , Couldn't find the white wire I could have connected the wrong wire and blown the fuse!
hello I bought a humity sensor switch that it doesn't have a ground connector, is that ok?
Thank you so much for this video. I have a laundry room right next to the master bedroom. Whenever the heater runs in the bedroom, the leviton senser switch in the laundry room turns on the fan. Both leviton and heater control share the wall, simply opposite side of the same wall. How can i solve this problem?
Boy, that's strange. Call Leviton's tech support and run the question by them. I bet they'll be able to help.
I need some help. I want to install a Leviton motion light control model number ipS02 and on it is a red, black and green screw. Okay, the black, white and ground wire runs from my switch box into my light fixture junction box. In the light fixture box, the black wire is connected to a bunch of other black wires and the ground is connected to a bunch of other ground wires and the white wire is connected to the BLACK wire on the light fixture. There are OTHER white wires in the light fixture box that come from other outlets and from that bunch of white wires there is a pigtail and that goes to the white wire on the light. The light works perfect. With all that said, what color screw, (there is a red and a black screw on the motion light control) does the BLACK or WHITE wire get connected to? Also, does the ground wire HAVE to be connected to the motion light control for it to work? Thank you for any help. Happy New Year.
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Mark Komar the white wire connected to black wire should have a mark on it to show its actually a line wire. you connect each wire from the fan to corresponding connections on the sensor
I watched this video several times I've also read the instructions several times. I took it apart again I watched this video again and I had it hooked up identical as you got but. it wasn't coming on so I uninstalled everything and read instructions again now the red screw is my hot the black one load and my two neutrals where they posed to be I think I'm still not getting power and I know where the ground has it's green
How would I install this if the fan switch is located outside of the bathroom?
+Yates Sale unfortunately the humidity sensor needs to be in the bathroom to measure the humidity. So you'd have to put the electrical box in the bathroom...I have a house with the same issue
All sounds good accept there’s no option if you want to leave the fan run all the time what can you do ???
Jeff: I installed one per instructions on all factory setting. It does not turn on when I press the front plate. The light is on (green) but fan does not turn on. Any idea how to trouble shoot? Thanks!
hmm, sounds like a power source issue. Did you call Leviton tech support?
Needs ground to function
Robertson #2 - THAT will get it nice and tight. Thought you should know.
5:48 Those are not 1,2,3,4 minute run times as you explained in the video. They are in fact stages 1,2,3, & 4 equating to 10,20,30, & 45 minute intervals of run time. Big mistake!
optimistichorizon good call. I was gonna say my shit smell takes longer than 4 min of ventilation
Thank God... can't shit in under 4min
I was about to add the same thing and saw your post. Thanks.
@@fortunecollector But does your shit have a high humidity factor?
He never said is was a 1,2,3,4,min run time. He said they represent the run time settings.
Concern: if I have a switch near the door and there is a glass door between the shower area and the switch, will the humidistat shut down according to the air near the door as compared to the air in the shower area? I'm thinking a sensor near the fan would be a much more accurate gauge of humidity within the shower area where a moisture concern is likely to be at its greatest. Also thinking that the constant manual on/off will cause the switch to fail at a faster pace than a sensor placed near the moisture which runs without manual input. Thoughts?
Same situation here. Light and fan switches are at the door, shower is toward the back of the bathroom so the humidistat will be reading moisture near the fresh air. No point to that. But having a timer is a partial solution to being able to leave the bathroom after a shower and not having to remember to turn it off later. Just gotta remember to turn it on.
Great, easy to follow video, too!
ChuckD59 I have a similar setup in our home and this humidity sensor works well. Our bathroom has 12 foot ceilings and the humidity sensor still turns on and off each time we shower. Make sure the bathroom door is closed or the sensor might not turn on the fan due to lower humidity at door. Having the door open can cause the switch to short cycle as well, turning the fan off too soon and not removing enough moisture from the bathroom. So it cuts on and off often.
So, not just a sensor, but also a fan control!
That's correct, double duty!
I have one, but I’m tired never is off the sound.
you can turn the sensor on and off by holding the button for 10 seconds
The timer options correspond to 10, 20, 30, 45 minutes, not 1-4 minutes. That's way more reasonable.
You're totally right, sorry for that confusion. We'll go back and fix that within the video.
The number 1 is 10 minutes, 2 is 20 and 3 is 30 minutes
Why always use a flat head?
You might think you can strip a wire with lineman pliers and not nick the wire but you are setting a terrible example for laymen, which this is clearly geared towards. Keeps us service electricians busy over the life of the system fixing bad connections and burnt up switch boxes.
i like the video, and also I would likt to install this sensor to my bathroom, but sorry for that, I was scared by your wide jaw when you are so close to camera, sorry for that, btw nice video
It's not 1-4 minutes, it's 10-40 minutes
That gfi in the back upside down
Not upside down. Wanna know why? It's safer this way.
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Gay circus over here.