Re: Fibaro Z-Wave Mini-Modules Convert Your Existing Switches to Z-Wave

[Simon Haslam <simon_haslam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the docs Mark!

Looking at their prototype in pic FibarInsertsHowTo.pdf for a single
switch=
it looks like:
* L & N are the supply
* L/I? & N are L & N to the lamp
* S1 & S2 go to the original switch (thin wires so I assume low
voltage)

They do look good in many ways: you could retrofit and yet still remove
the=
m if you move house, you still have a regular switch so SWMBO may not
reall=
y object, possible to fit in an existing back-box=C2=A0 (*maybe*).

As Kevin points out, their Achille's heel is that you usually only have
neu=
tral in the light fitting/ceiling rose: supply in (L+N), loop/supply out
(L=
+N), switch (L+L), lamp (L+N). That said you might still be able to put
the=
device in the ceiling void above the light fitting. Plus down-lights, espe=
cially 12V, might have a junction box somewhere so again might be
feasible.=
In which case however you'd really want an "outer box" that the
Fibar coul=
d fit into to insulate the terminals. Of course, there may already be
other=
products that do this already (z-wave is not something I've looked into ye=
t).


Simon



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From: Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, 11 November 2011, 17:36
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fibaro Z-Wave Mini-Modules Convert Your Existing
Swit=
ches to Z-Wave


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Looks like they need a neutral connection too which is often not present=20
behind switches.

K

On 11/11/2011 17:28, Simon Haslam wrote:
> Trying to work out wiring instructions from the pics:
> * FGS211 appears to be the 1 x 3kW relay and has terminals: L N I O S1
S2
> * FGS221 appears to be the 2 x 1.5kW relay and has terminals: L N I O1
O2=
S1 S2
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> So, L/N must be the supply. O1 / O2 are perhaps the switched live
outputs=
to the lights and I/S1/S2 must be somehow connected to the switch - strang=
e though that both the 1 and 2 relay version have the same terminals.
>
> The photos look like mock-ups to me though so perhaps these aren't the
pr=
oduction versions.
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