Esp8266's are cheap and flexible. Part of me still wants to have everything hard wired though. Especially since I still need to run power.
On Sunday, January 28, 2018, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
