shenandoah75
Active Member
Might have seen my prior post, but I decided a while back for landscape/christmas lighting that rather than hold for vizia20amp switches, i was going to go 120V coil/load contactors and a vizia 15amp switch...
Well in prep for Christmas, i decided for the outbuilding i will not wait for the vizia "bridge" solution either. I just bought an M1XOVR. Will require a 24v wall wart for some of the solutions, but in the outbuilding i can an elk output+relay and then use 24VAC coil contactors:
(4) 120V load to switch
exterior lights next to the garghe door
- and
soffit mounted GFI for christmas lights
- and -
back yard landscape lighting transformer
(2) 240Vload to switch:
air compressor
- and -
dust collector (might wire this back to 120 so i'm not put in a fixed location for it)
(1) no load, just relay for garage door open / close
Not sure why i've been struggling with this for so long... I personally see no downside and i see no need for zwave control on the lighting. All three of the lighting loads would generally be timed to come on at dusk anyway - i see no need for manual control...
i know i probably sound 8 eight year old kid who figured out something so obviious to everyone else, but arg!
-brad
Well in prep for Christmas, i decided for the outbuilding i will not wait for the vizia "bridge" solution either. I just bought an M1XOVR. Will require a 24v wall wart for some of the solutions, but in the outbuilding i can an elk output+relay and then use 24VAC coil contactors:
(4) 120V load to switch
exterior lights next to the garghe door
- and
soffit mounted GFI for christmas lights
- and -
back yard landscape lighting transformer
(2) 240Vload to switch:
air compressor
- and -
dust collector (might wire this back to 120 so i'm not put in a fixed location for it)
(1) no load, just relay for garage door open / close
Not sure why i've been struggling with this for so long... I personally see no downside and i see no need for zwave control on the lighting. All three of the lighting loads would generally be timed to come on at dusk anyway - i see no need for manual control...
i know i probably sound 8 eight year old kid who figured out something so obviious to everyone else, but arg!
-brad