X10 Upgrade

[Industrial Toys]

I think Z-Wave is like WiFi. At those high frequencies. In a way, adding yet another host of transmitters to my home/property is not really something that appeals to me.

It's like the FCC saw this coming. Back in the 70s I could not understand that disclaimer in every radio product. That it might cause harmful interference and be affected by interference and you must accept that.

 

[rekees4300]

Decided to replace X10 with Insteon protocol upgrade. Ordered 2 of the 2477S switches today from smarthome.com. Normal price was $50 each but with Labor Day 30% off sale (8/30 to 9/3) got both for $70. Delivery in 2 to 7 days.

Switches were delivered Saturday 9/8.

Sunday 9/9 attempted to install one in the shed but was unsuccessful. Receptacle has black, white and ground but switch also has red which I capped. Flood lights would not come on regardless of the switch's toggle position. LED Lights on the switch were all off except the SETUP. So I guess I have to go through some sort of setup procedure now? Will play around with that today and see what happens. Don't have a smart phone, tablet or Insteon Hub. Hopefully the setup can be done without those? :confused3: User manual is not user friendly.

 

[MossRoad]

The black is the supply power (line).
The red is the load.
The red has to be connected to the lights.

From here:
https://cache-m2.smarthome.com/manuals/2477s.pdf

 

[rekees4300]

The black is the supply power (line).
The red is the load.
The red has to be connected to the lights.

From here:
https://cache-m2.smarthome.com/manuals/2477s.pdf

That's what I tried first but if the switch's white (neutral) isn't connected to the receptacle's white (goes to flood lights) then the switch does nothing (it's died). The receptacle only has 3 wires and the switch has 4 wires so either the white or the red has to be capped.

 

[MossRoad]

So your are powering the lights by plugging them into a receptacle?

 

[MossRoad]

Can you draw out a pencil drawing of the original wiring, take a picture of it, and post it?

Or draw a simple diagram of it in Paint on your PC?

It would help a lot.

 

[MossRoad]

Are you trying to power the receptacle from the switch?

 

[rekees4300]

So your are powering the lights by plugging them into a receptacle?

No I'm probably using the term "receptacle" incorrectly? "Box" would be more accurate.

 

[MossRoad]

OK,

You should have a black and white and ground coming into the box. Correct?

And you should have two wires and maybe a ground going to the light also in that box, correct?

The wires coming from your house to that box are the feed.

Take that black feed and hook it to the black on the switch.
Take the red on the switch and hook it to the black wire that goes to the light.
Take the other wire that comes from the light, the white from the feed, and the white from the switch and hook them all together.
Ground everything.

Now, your switch always has power from the feed. When turned on or off, it will supply power to the light through the red wire. That's the only way it can work.

 

[MossRoad]

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