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Would a Shelly One and Shelly Dimmer fit in here?
Open it up and look inside for the amount of wires and whether you have neutrals.
They are generally small and you can fit two in a lightbox. But I would also recommend that you optimize the wiring - consider using these instead of the big old connector blocks:
HelaCon Plus Mini, Push-In Style Wire Connector, Double Spring, 3-Port, (Piece), Orange, 100/pkg | HellermannTyton
HelaCon Plus Mini Wire Connectors replace traditional twist-on wire connectors. They provide faster, easier and more reliable connection and distribution of cable and conductors in electrical installation applications. Mini connectors have a compact footp
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Two Shelly devices can fit into a 100x50 mm wall box, albeit very tightly.
Wago wire connectors would be highly recommended here.
Used Wago connectors for the first time recently, life changing and will never be able go back to normal black blocks.
Where can I buy these connectors locally? RS-components is a place I've always avoided (for no good reason, but price is high). ACDC seems to have one variant of it, but the search on their site is painful.
Helacon here: https://www.communica.co.za/products/copy-of-helacon-hecp3-orange which is probably what I'll try to get next time I go there, but I'd like the lever types.
Helacon here: https://www.communica.co.za/products/copy-of-helacon-hecp3-orange which is probably what I'll try to get next time I go there, but I'd like the lever types.
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Oh right, Builders, thank you. Google wasn't giving me those, but I wasn't using good search terms either.
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Why not try AC/DC, they stock the WACO brand
I actually just used the ones from Builders. Some of them are actually repackaged Waco connectors.
Really do work well!
I just realised I got some of these with my temperature add-ons long ago. I never used them, the sensor wires are way too thin to make a reliable connection in this connectors, They are rated 450V and 32A. They feel a bit flimsy, but I'll push some current through them as a test. I'm not going to open up my light switches again, but whatever I need to wire up next will get these connectors.
And next time I go to Builders I'm definitely grabbing a bunch more of these.
And next time I go to Builders I'm definitely grabbing a bunch more of these.
I actually haven't seen them at my big builders around the corner, only the push in ones. I went to AC/DC and just bought 10 each of 2/3/5 way. Should last me a little bit. I think there are two different sizes, I just took the smaller one since it's adequate for pretty much everything.
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Lol
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Seems your Friday is sorted!
If only she was 22
I did exactly this a week or so ago and added a temperature add-on thingy, just because. I still need to do the switch sensor. My battery is 24V and I used 0.3 seconds for the auto-off timer, but glad to see the professional doing the same sort of thing
(using the 24V from the motor supply also nicely avoids load-shedding troubles)
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Neatly done,I did exactly this a week or so ago and added a temperature add-on thingy, just because. I still need to do the switch sensor. My battery is 24V and I used 0.3 seconds for the auto-off timer, but glad to see the professional doing the same sort of thing
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Do consider a cable tie or two around the Shelly one and affixed to the motor strut.
Vibrations over time could loosen wires and reposition things
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i really am liking the idea of the shelly1 to be a standalone device to do the garage automation, a bit rough though considering the sonoff sv is like R100 though but it just cant monitor the status of the external sensor.