Hi,
I have fitted a number of zwave light relays to various circuits in my house, as below.
http://www.vesternet.com/resources/application-notes/apnt-52
The wiring has been tight adding these into the back boxes, despite having told my electrician when it was rewired 12 months ago that I would be fitting these and requesting he use 47mm back boxes to maximise the room for them.
I now want to fit them to the hall and landing circuits that are obviously 2 way control on each and controlled on 2gang switches.
As the lights are pendant I was intending to fit this relay to the ceiling pendant as there is lots of room, but when I took it off I found there was no perm live, so checked the switch and its been wired as loop at the switch which of course means a lot of cables going into the back box which even at 47mm is pretty packed and so no room for them there.
Any ideas or am I out of luck? Could I fit another back box and blanking plate next to it to house the connections, although may still be too tight, or if I am doing that, do I just split the 2 gang into 2 1g switches in a double gang backbox and see if my wife would accept the larger switch?
I am pretty annoyed that despite him knowing what I was doing (and being a luxone installer he knows home automation) he decided to wire the house like this and didn't loop at the ceiling roses instead.
I hope someone has some good ideas...
I have fitted a number of zwave light relays to various circuits in my house, as below.
http://www.vesternet.com/resources/application-notes/apnt-52
The wiring has been tight adding these into the back boxes, despite having told my electrician when it was rewired 12 months ago that I would be fitting these and requesting he use 47mm back boxes to maximise the room for them.
I now want to fit them to the hall and landing circuits that are obviously 2 way control on each and controlled on 2gang switches.
As the lights are pendant I was intending to fit this relay to the ceiling pendant as there is lots of room, but when I took it off I found there was no perm live, so checked the switch and its been wired as loop at the switch which of course means a lot of cables going into the back box which even at 47mm is pretty packed and so no room for them there.
Any ideas or am I out of luck? Could I fit another back box and blanking plate next to it to house the connections, although may still be too tight, or if I am doing that, do I just split the 2 gang into 2 1g switches in a double gang backbox and see if my wife would accept the larger switch?
I am pretty annoyed that despite him knowing what I was doing (and being a luxone installer he knows home automation) he decided to wire the house like this and didn't loop at the ceiling roses instead.
I hope someone has some good ideas...
