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Automated Switches: What should my wiring look like? (US Version)
@sidjohn1 wrote: So you want an automated hardwired light switch, but you’re not sure where to start. Well you’re in the right place. The most common requirement of any hardwired automated light...
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@keithcroshaw wrote: Very nice write up. I haven’t seen any switches other than a 3-way switch with the fourth wire. Does that mean a fourth wire needed to be pulled in this instance? Be it load or...
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Automated Switches: What should my wiring look like? (US Version)
@sidjohn1 wrote: Load and line are already there, they are the black wires that the switch uses the interrupt the flow of electricity allowing you to turn the switch on or off. Load is the “hot” run...
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@JDRoberts wrote: Just one note for clarification: all of the above excellent discussion applies only to adding one master switch to control a light. It does not cover the situation where you want to...
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@tslagle13 wrote: I just start touching stuff together until it all starts working. Haha JK. This is horrible advice. There are some zwave switches around that don’t require a nuetral as well. So you...
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@JDRoberts wrote: Cooper still makes a Z wave switch that does not require a neutral, but it can only control incandescents, not LEDs. I think everybody else has discontinued the switches that don’t...
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@sidjohn1 wrote: You may be kidding around… but that’s how i got my X10 home automation system going. I learned a lot like, what 110 feels like, what do circuit breakers do, the sound of bad wireing...
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@tslagle13 wrote: sidjohn1: You may be kidding around… but that’s how i got my X10 home automation system going. We have something in common 110 feels nice on a saturday morning. Read full topic
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@JDRoberts wrote: Many Home Depot’s offer classes on how to install a light switch, and how to install three way switches. If you want hands-on learning, that’s often a better way to go then on your...
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@sidjohn1 wrote: Oh i know, i was young, dumb and indestructible in those good ol Insteon days(for the record they were not that good just better than X10), and and so was my home apparently. I...
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@WildGinseng wrote: If you have the situation where you have live load to the light, I recommend you use an aeon dimmer or switch module and place it in the junction box where the light is located....
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@JDRoberts wrote: The following video shows a Z wave light switch that doesn’t require a neutral (the GE switch in the video has been discontinued, but Cooper still makes one) tested with four...
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@JDRoberts wrote: Just wanted to mention that the advice about neutrals applies to devices made for use with US circuits. European and Asian 230 VAC circuits generally don’t have neutrals at the...
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@JDRoberts wrote: In the US, code for electrical devices requires that you follow the manufacturer’s directions. The first rule for light switches and receptacles is that you never try to wire around...
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@kars85 wrote: JDRoberts: You will find lots of discussion of these in the forums, but let’s move it out of this topic which is intended for the wiring FAQ. Agree 100%, but just thought I would...
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@JDRoberts wrote: Understood, and there are indeed many different ways to approach lighting projects. The Aeons were already mentioned in a FAQ-type way in post 11. There’s also the European wiring...
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@Ben wrote: 2 posts were merged into an existing topic: Aeon Micro Smart Dimmer Install Help 3-Wire Read full topic
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@Mehdikad wrote: Dear Robert Whats your recommendations for controlling LED with Z-wave switched without neutral??? Read full topic
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@kevins wrote: Hey @JDRoberts, Is there a general rule of thumb if a house has a neutral wire or not? For example, year when the house is built? where the light switch box is installed? geographic?...
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@JDRoberts wrote: kevins: Hey @JDRoberts, Is there a general rule of thumb if a house has a neutral wire or not? For example, year when the house is built? where the light switch box is installed?...
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