I'm putting ESP8266's on everything in my house right now, with arduinos and relay boards galore. Then those get connected up to a private Blynk.cc server, so I can control them from my phone.
I think I have an addiction. :( On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 7:31 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Have three switches on a circuit in master bedroom running 7 can lights in > ceiling. > > Some of the last convert to LED. > They make some nice PAR38 reflector LEDS with a color temp equivalent to > tungsten. > Finally. > > So have thought of a dimmer on this for years. 3 switches. Could put a > dimmer in one place that would control the whole circuit but that would not > be good if you dimmed it then wanted to control from another location. So > went all googly and came up with a Lutron product. Has to be a particular > product that will work for LEDS. And has to be the RF version, not IR > remote. > > The master dimmer uses one of the travelers as a data circuit to talk to the > other dimmers and come to agreement as to the level that is wanted. > > Can dim from any location. You can put any number of dimmers/switches on a > circuit. Has a preset dim button too. > Gotta make sure to only have ONE master dimmer on the circuit. They all get > unhappy if more than one is the master. This detail is very hard to find in > the instructions. > > All of the switches have the dimmer controls. Only the master has the RF > receiver. Have as many remotes as you want. > > Too several purchasing misfires (and one factory packing error), two very > light at night tech support calls to Lutron (native American English speaker > that actually knew his stuff). Blew some sparks when jamming all the wires > into one of the outlet boxes (everybody does residential electrical work hot > right, else how would you know of you blew a circuit breaker when jamming > all those wires back in that little box). > > All the switches are finally in the wall, the grounds are even connected and > the coverplates are on. This after about a month of bloody ended wires > hanging out of the wall in three places and touching wires together to turn > the lights on and off... > > I would recommend this system now that the pain of learning the different > components and the wiring scheme is over. Two touches up and full > brightness. One touch up and preset dimming. Turning them off makes them > ramp down to a nice soft finish.
