• Sparkyeanon@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    You can’t dim a fixture that needs phased dimming with a neutral without a neutral properly.

  • Queueded@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Yes, my one wall switch has a neutral wire. I’m not a caveman.

    And what’s wrong with the no-neutral required smart switches that are currently on the market?

  • AJiffyBoogle@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    UK based and 10. You’ll find a big market for no neutral here.

    Alot of light fittings can’t fit devices here and also a number of 2 way switches don’t even have a live at the fitting.

    • umognog@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      UK here and zero.

      New build house that is using loop @switch i.e. the live goes switch to switch and the light fitting gets a single cable to the rose providing the switched live power from the switch.

      It has made 1,2 &3 way lights really easy to convert.

      Still uses ring rather than radial for sockets annoyingly.

      I have found I can fit sonoff minis into both metal and plastic 35mm boxes. However, removing the box, wiring up in a maintenance free box with wago lever clips, put that in the wall cavity and feed a new cable for the switch only back into the box and doing it back up is a god solution.

      Alternatively, put a single gang box at the same height as extraction fan isolation switches (almost roof) with a blanking plate and intercept the wiring there.

  • lesignalsaregood@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Outside the U.S., no neutral and 10. Shellys are a brilliant stopgap but for those of us with spotlights/downlights it’s impossible to get to the neutral at the fittings. Bonus points for 2/3 gang no neutral switches.

  • winston161984@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I have a very old home and over half my boxes are no neutral. A good no neutral switch that is affordable and reliable would always be welcomed.

  • imfm@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    US, old house, no neutrals anywhere, 10. Most of my switches are no-neutral Zwave with a few Lutron Caseta where I wanted dimmers. A couple of them are still the original Despard switches because there’s no room for a 4-gang box between the door and window, so those have Zigbee bulbs.