archstenton
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Recently got to lights with the Elk M1.
Regards to relays and controlling lights that I want to also MAINTAIN THE CURRENT ROCKER SWITCH as a manual over-ride to the Elk control, is it as simple as tapping say an Elk 912 AC output into the switched leg of the light wiring?. For instance if I had a string of lights along the wall, do I just splice the relay's AC output anywhere along the switched wire section? i.e. switch and Relay can be "ON" at the same time illuminating the light?
Rudimentary
AC power------|-------------$------------|---------Light
l------------Relay------ |
Now, the AC input power to the Relay on a different AC circuit than the manual switch? I'd imagine that's a no-no, two different circuits feeding the same light, different circuit neutrals connected downstream from Main Electric Panel type of stuff.
Regards to relays and controlling lights that I want to also MAINTAIN THE CURRENT ROCKER SWITCH as a manual over-ride to the Elk control, is it as simple as tapping say an Elk 912 AC output into the switched leg of the light wiring?. For instance if I had a string of lights along the wall, do I just splice the relay's AC output anywhere along the switched wire section? i.e. switch and Relay can be "ON" at the same time illuminating the light?
Rudimentary
AC power------|-------------$------------|---------Light
l------------Relay------ |
Now, the AC input power to the Relay on a different AC circuit than the manual switch? I'd imagine that's a no-no, two different circuits feeding the same light, different circuit neutrals connected downstream from Main Electric Panel type of stuff.