steel aspen
I think this is the right forum...
I've got a couple of light and fan/light switches that don't have neutral wires due to how old our house is, and I'd like to replace them with Inovelli switches and fan/light controllers up above. I know the fan controllers should work as routers when I install those, but will the light switches do the same? The documentation on Inovelli's site isn't clear on this.
glacial scaffold
No. Without a neutral, they typically cannot act as routing devices. They need the neutral for keeping the radio on full time.
steel aspen
that's what I thought, though if it's in smart bulb mode, wouldn't the power be on full time regardless?
glacial scaffold
Nope. Basically that just instructs the switch to not toggle the relay.
steel aspen
gotcha, figured I'd ask first
supple tinsel
I have one in smart bulb mode and non neutral it is acting as a router:
glacial scaffold
That’s the first time I’ve ever seen an inovelli switch do that when not using a neutral.
Maybe a firmware update?
supple tinsel
🤷♂️ I have on my todo list to run a neutral. The no-neutral set up just feels icky
glacial scaffold
Lol yeah, makes sense. I need to do the same thing here with 4 light switches, but time…
supple tinsel
I think I can pull a four wire with the existing line to the closest ceiling light
Not sure how to code that would be lol
glacial scaffold
Hahaha code? Who cares about code??? 😉 (But, yeah, that doesn’t seem up to snuff, however, in my house, that would be par for the course)
supple tinsel
Yeah same I inherited some sketchy stuff
One night I woke up to my garage door opening and closing non stop
I cut the electrical cable 😂 and it’s still capped and I’ve yet to look into that box
glacial scaffold
SAME… house was built in the 50s and oh man… the crap I have here… lol There’s still TONS of that aluminum wrapped wiring running all through the attic and crawlspace. I’ve been replacing it as I can, but I think I’m going to have to bite the bullet and have a real electrician come in and redo all of it.
supple tinsel
Yep same deal