For years, I used this switch...
http://sensing.honeywell.com/product%20page?pr_id=28511
...to turn a closet light on/off based on the pocket door opening/closing. My guess is the way I did it isn't up to code. All I did was mount the switch above the door and run the hot wire to the flourescent light fixture thru the switch.
Since the walls are now open for a remodel, and things have changed in the 20 years since I did this (and another one in the pantry), I'm looking for a simple, easy, and most of all reliable way to do this by code.
I'm fine with using the switch as a dry contact, or run low voltage thru it, or even run the line voltage thru it if it can be done to code.
The obvious solution (I think) is to use the switch as a sensor for my Elk M1G, then let the M1G control a UPB or z-wave controller for the flourescent light fixture. However, I would rather have a fallback method so that the light can be turned on/off by a switch if something happens to the primary method. So I could use the M1G to control a UPB (or z-wave) wall switch that controls the light, and if something messes up, just use the light switch to control the light until everything gets back to normal.
Problem with the above approach is that I don't currently have and UPB or z-wave or any other type of lighting controls, and except for this light (and soon, the pantry light), lighting automation is not a high priority. Although whatever I do now may get switched out for UPB/z-wave in the future.
So are there any wall switches that can be controlled by a simple dry contact (like the microswitch I was using), or a low voltage signal from the M1G, or something else simple? Since the walls are open, I can pretty much accomodate any wiring requirements. Reliability and safety are the two top concerns, way above anything else.
Thanks,
Ira
http://sensing.honeywell.com/product%20page?pr_id=28511
...to turn a closet light on/off based on the pocket door opening/closing. My guess is the way I did it isn't up to code. All I did was mount the switch above the door and run the hot wire to the flourescent light fixture thru the switch.
Since the walls are now open for a remodel, and things have changed in the 20 years since I did this (and another one in the pantry), I'm looking for a simple, easy, and most of all reliable way to do this by code.
I'm fine with using the switch as a dry contact, or run low voltage thru it, or even run the line voltage thru it if it can be done to code.
The obvious solution (I think) is to use the switch as a sensor for my Elk M1G, then let the M1G control a UPB or z-wave controller for the flourescent light fixture. However, I would rather have a fallback method so that the light can be turned on/off by a switch if something happens to the primary method. So I could use the M1G to control a UPB (or z-wave) wall switch that controls the light, and if something messes up, just use the light switch to control the light until everything gets back to normal.
Problem with the above approach is that I don't currently have and UPB or z-wave or any other type of lighting controls, and except for this light (and soon, the pantry light), lighting automation is not a high priority. Although whatever I do now may get switched out for UPB/z-wave in the future.
So are there any wall switches that can be controlled by a simple dry contact (like the microswitch I was using), or a low voltage signal from the M1G, or something else simple? Since the walls are open, I can pretty much accomodate any wiring requirements. Reliability and safety are the two top concerns, way above anything else.
Thanks,
Ira