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full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:27 PM

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zooz or shelly, is one better than other ? for zwave in USA.

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:36 PM

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For what product, a light switch?

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:36 PM

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anything, I am New to HA and looking to buy a few things to start out with

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:37 PM

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They are both good and popular products, you would need to list a little more detail what you're shopping for and requested features.

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:40 PM

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have 4 Lighting circuits for lights in kitchen using an old X10 which does not like the noise from LED and don't work half the time, but two are LED strips now , using AC to 12volt adapter.

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I will remove the 4 X-10 relays from attic to put something like the Shelly switch relay, maybe bypass the two using LED strips and just use a LED strip controler.

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there are no wall switches to control them.

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:47 PM

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got it. I've used many zooz and several shellys (wifi though, not zwave), and I would say they're both good companies and products and you probably can't go wrong with either choice.

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:47 PM

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Thank you, yea I don't want to have to go back into attic to deal with issues

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:48 PM

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zooz may have some good black friday sales, they run sales often, dunno about shelly

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looks like a lot of shelly US zwave may be out of stock?

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zooz I think is more known for zwave, Shelly I thought was primarily known for wifi products, they may be a recent entrant to zwave, not sure

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:50 PM

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what about dimmers? how well they work with LED bulbs?

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:51 PM

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shelly doesn't have dimmers I think

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zooz dimmers work pretty good for me, though they have some brands they recommend away from

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:52 PM

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i see a shelly Dimmer, but it is wifi

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:53 PM

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zooz have two kinds of dimmers actually with different circuits, some work better with one bulb type vs another (I think it's trailing edge vs leading edge dimmer)

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zen72 vs zen77

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different 3-way wiring

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:54 PM

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trailing/leading? I have some research to do.. ok yes one circut is 5 LED bulbs another is 2 LED bulbs, for main ceiling lights

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:54 PM

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that's probably more information than you really need to know 😉

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they should both work fine I think

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oh I wonder if the zooz relays have dimming

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I know the light switches do... the discrete relays maybe not

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:56 PM

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Zooz 700 Series Z-Wave Plus 0-10 V Dimmer ZEN54 ? 0-10 V ? is that voltage?

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:57 PM

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Yes that's the voltage

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:58 PM

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wierd, I expected PWM

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:58 PM

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that needs to pair with a 0-10V led fixture

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 2:59 PM

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oh ok, I don't have that

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 2:59 PM

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wont work with typical lighting circuit with mains powered LED bulbs

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I was thinking you wanted a 120V relay, which is zen52, which does not dim

full mist Nov 11, 2024, 3:02 PM

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yes the LED bulbs replaced flood lights, cans in ceiling. 120v

formal rune Nov 11, 2024, 3:03 PM

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Hmm, yeah I don't know how to dim those on zwave without a zooz wall switch.

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