One and Done: Leviton’s Whole-Home Solutions
Leviton’s Load Centers, Decora Smart products, and surge protection devices deliver safe operation and easy installation every time
Because people’s homes are their castles, homeowners are increasingly embracing technology that brings greater control and convenience to their lives while ensuring safety and peace of mind. And Leviton is dedicated to meeting them where they are.
“Homeowners are more aware of the electrical products in their homes and more focused on minimizing the risk of an electrical event than ever,” confirmed Sydney Cheatham, Leviton’s Residential Marketing Specialist. For these homeowners and their contractors, she said, “the assurance that their electrical devices are designed with the utmost safety in mind is an absolute must.”
No company has prioritized home safety more than Leviton, a trusted industry leader that‘s been providing high quality, safe, and reliable whole-home solutions for more than a century. Below are just some of the key safety features resident within several of Leviton’s most popular whole-home products and why they’ve become the product of choice for contractors and homeowners alike:
Leviton Load Center
“One of the most differentiating safety features within the Leviton Load Center – a residential electrical circuit breaker panel that offers contractors a safe, easy-to-install product and homeowners a user-friendly solution for home energy management -- is its diagnostics,” Cheatham said. Specifically, the Load Center’s line-side power breakers provide visible and long-lasting LED notification on the breaker itself if a trip occurs. “Unlike notifications on competing products that go off after 30 seconds, the Load Center’s LED notification remains lit until the issue is resolved, eliminating the need for contractors to have to recreate a fault/trip in order to diagnose it.” As further back-up, the Load Center’s ‘Smart Anomaly Detection’ feature notifies homeowners of
such situations as a freezer door left open, an HVAC system running too high or low, etc.
In addition, thanks to its line side-powered surge protection feature, the Load Center serves as a breaker that functions on a regular circuit while also providing surge protection for the entire panel/home. “Contractors love that our breakers double as whole-panel surge protection but also feed their own circuits so that they don’t ‘eat up a space’ in the panel,” Cheatham said. “And the Load Center’s incorporation of an optional clear window with the ability to be locked enables homeowners to prevent unauthorized entry but still visually identify a trip or other issue through the window.”
Leviton Load Centers comply with several National Electrical Code (NEC) requirements, including NEC 210.8 for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) requirements, NEC 210.12 for Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI) requirements, and NEC 215.18, NEC 225.42, and NEC 230.67 for surge protection. “And Leviton’s programmable breakers can assist with the new energy code requirements we’re seeing in some states,” said Greg Rhoades, Leviton’s Director of Marketing for Smart and New Technology Products.
“Leviton’s Load Center can help contractors differentiate their services and build their expertise and clientele in the growing smart home segment,” shared Jim O’Brien, Contractor Marketing Manager at Leviton. “Thanks to the growing popularity, affordability, and accessibility of smart home devices today, everyone can have these products and upgrade their capabilities as they go thanks to the modularity of Leviton’s system.”
Decora Smart Solutions In addition to the ease with which Leviton’s broad line of Decora Smart switches, plugs, outlets, motion sensors, and fan controllers can be scheduled and controlled, they promote safety by sending notifications directly to the homeowner’s phone through the My Leviton app. As an example, “Leviton’s Smart GFCI outlets are ideal for vacation homes and rental properties because they immediately notify an offsite owner of any trips so that they can be quickly addressed,” Cheatham said.
Surge Protection
“If you don’t have a Leviton Load Center, Leviton offers surge protection devices at the panel or receptacle level, which promote safety by diverting damaging volt surges from devices and protecting expensive electronics,” Cheatham said.
Ultimately, “aligning with Leviton’s safe and easy-to-install whole-home products will result in fewer issues and service calls, but in the event that contractors ever need to reach out, Leviton’s great technical and customer support team members are available 24/7 through many mediums,” O’Brien confirmed. “And Leviton’s portfolio of whole-home products offers contractors many opportunities to upgrade their residential customers from standard to smart devices along the way and grow their business.”
For more information on Leviton’s broad range of whole-home innovations, visit Leviton.com/home or contact your Leviton Sales Representative.