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

[Stuart Poulton <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Mark got this from Versternet

"The switches do need a neutral, but the dimmer doesn't.  But you can
also =
use the dimmer as switch if you like.  There's an accessory we've just
adde=
d to the same page - a =A39.99 dimmer bypass for low power light"

Following a discussion on irc about this very fact that neutral is not
some=
thing we have in the UK at the switch.


Stuart


On 11 Nov 2011, at 17:57, Simon Haslam wrote:

> Thanks for the docs Mark!
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> Looking at their prototype in pic FibarInsertsHowTo.pdf for a single
swit=
ch 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)
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> They do look good in many ways: you could retrofit and yet still
remove t=
hem if you move house, you still have a regular switch so SWMBO may not
rea=
lly object, possible to fit in an existing back-box  (*maybe*).
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> As Kevin points out, their Achille's heel is that you usually only
have n=
eutral in the light fitting/ceiling rose: supply in (L+N), loop/supply out
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(L+N), switch (L+L), lamp (L+N). That said you might still be able to put
t=
he device in the ceiling void above the light fitting. Plus down-lights,
es=
pecially 12V, might have a junction box somewhere so again might be
feasibl=
e. In which case however you'd really want an "outer box" that
the Fibar co=
uld fit into to insulate the terminals. Of course, there may already be
oth=
er products that do this already (z-wave is not something I've looked into
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yet).
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> Simon
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