Leviton Smart Load Centers/Breaker Panel for Remodeling or Updating Homes

Date Purchased- I don't have one yet, but REALLY want one.

If you are planning to remodel or overhaul your home really think about doing this. This will save you time and money in the long run. Also, for if and when you decide to sell, you can get more money for this type of upgrade. Nowadays everything is al internet-based or Smart Devices based, young Adults, love their technology and this will be something that could be the tipping point for them to buy there home from you.

If you decide to go the Non-Smart route still gets the Leviton Load Center Panel and Cover so if in the future you want to start adding them, you can save yourself some money. Also if you sell you can let the new owners know the panel is ready to be converted to a Smart Panel

Load Center/Breaker Box- $1,000 to $4,000 all depends on how Smart you want to make your home. This is NOT your old standard breaker panel; this is a Smart breaker panel. 

They started as Fuse boxes then moved into Breakers and Now Smart Load Centers. They have been around since the start of using electricity as you didn’t want to blow up the things you were using. As we got smarter, they turned into safety items to make sure people don’t get hurt, and your home doesn’t burn down. A lot of homes still have fuse boxes and when you go to remodel you will need to bring things up to current code. Why not got to the most current technology to get that huge sales impact. 

Leviton’s new Load Center is a breaker box with snap-in breakers and Wi-Fi connectivity for remote monitoring, diagnostics, and control via the Leviton smart-home app. Think of it as a plug and play device that you can upgrade easily as technology changes.

The smart Load Center works with Leviton’s My Leviton app, and it gives data on energy use in your home, letting homeowners track power consumption on each appliance or by the breaker. You can get alerts when circuit breakers trip and why or even remotely shut off a circuit breaker from the app. Now that's COOL, I hate running downstairs from the garage or the other end of the house to turn them on and off when changing outlets. This will kill the need for calling someone on the phone to ask if the lights went out when flipping breakers.

All wires terminate at custom lugs in the panel, making wiring more manageable and neater and eliminating the need for pigtails. This means the entire panel can be terminated at rough-in and not later on. All connections are made at the final insertion of the circuit breaker. The design also enables users to switch out circuit breakers with no rewiring required.

Currently No support for Google Assistant, Alexa, or Apple Home Kit yet. I don’t think they will ever support it due to Safety and with it being so complex.

I currently have a Smappee energy monitor hooked into my breaker panel, but it gives me some odd results and isn’t accurate. Leviton’s system goes further by integrating smart technology directly into the individual circuit breakers, giving us homeowners more information on the power management in their homes. ComEd should be worried as now homeowners can see if what they are getting billed every month is correct. I know with my Smart Meter, I think I'm getting ripped off monthly. I can see when Smart Load Centers are fully put into operations around the country power companies that forced people to use Smart Meters will be getting hit hard by class-action lawsuits.

I would LOVE to have this in my home as I REALLY want to know why my ComEd bill changes so much every month. I have tried the other Smart Energy Monitoring Devices, but they are not 100% correct and still gave me odd reading on usage. Unfortunately, this is currently out of my price range as the Equipment I need is around $4,300 without installation. I've thought about getting the new load center and standard breakers and slowly changing them to smart breakers over time. Who knows, maybe I’ll do it at some point. I really want one!!! You can do a mix of Smart and Non-Smart Breakers in the Load Center.