Yeah I have programmed them. I’ve put like 10 of these in to single switches but am just now attempting 3-way.
I’ll give this another go when I get home tonight and I’ll keep updating you guys on my progress.
Various reviews (on Amazon and/or even here on the Forum) mention that the “insert and fasten via clamp-down screws” (as opposed to the Monoprice and other designs which come with pig-tail wires), is frustrating and subject to failure.
The clearance for the inserted wires is extremely low, and thus the screw-down does not securely hold low-gauge (thick) wires and not as flexible as pig-tails.
thanks for the clarification, I should note that it helps to have the correct screw drivers for the job…
Yup… perhaps they ought to include one! (An external hard-disk case I bought the other day came with a screwdriver in every box!).
A possible self-solution is to add some slightly thinner gauge pig-tail wires to the screws and then use wire-nuts for the main connections. A little bit of a bother, but I guess worthwhile if this is an otherwise quality relay.
Any opinion on the Enerwave? (I’m frustrated with Monoprice due to 2 failed units)…
Okay guys! I wired it as per my diagram and got some somewhat strange results.
The relay kept flipping on / off intermittently but rapidly…
And now it’s just working via the relay in ST
As another test… I removed blue from hot and green from common screw… Triggered relay from ST and the light won’t turn on.
Not sure why the blue would be required…?
Going to try a few diff combos…
One with blue on hot, black disconnected, and green on common screw… = this didn’t do anything at all… No power to the relay or switches…
No go… No idea how to make this work. So disappointing that I can’t wrap my brain around this…
I’m convinced this is impossible… xD haha
I tried wiring the load to the common terminal as well as the red monoprice to the common screw so that the switches could turn it on as well as the relay but one now overrides the other…
The green isn’t hooked up to anything but if I touch it to one of the hot screws on the switch it toggles the relay and when I let go it toggles back…
So green needs to be hooked somewhere to some sort of on/off voltage to tell the relay its current state…
:-/
I almost feel like one of the switches has to be a 4-way switch to make this work…
Or maybe this relay is to act as the 4-way
@joshuairl Hi Josh, i was trying to install both (dual and single) monoprice relay. i bought both just to play with it. The pictures that I took at the beginning of the tread were because I was lost in the installation. After a few days I was able to read and figured out the wires. The last two pictures are the way that it is supposed to go. The relay on the tread is for the single relay only. I don’t have pictures of the dual relay installation. I may take some when I get another set of dual relays.
The installation is on a 1 way switch therefore I don’t have idea how the wiring will be for yours. I do have a 4 way switch in my stairs but I don’t think i’ll be adding those to the z-wave, I don’t know if you may need to add some add on switches to make it work.
Thinking since the traveler wires are always one or the other being hot… Then the green almost needs to be connected to both of them?! Somehow?
So that it knows if either one is completing the circuit… … But thought that was what the common screw was supposed to do… I keep going around and around in my brain and I’m getting frustrated with this…
Nah, single poles are simple… My only issue now is 3-way switches.
I have seen some main switch and then add on switches from GE @ home depot and Lowes. To be honest I don’t know if you need a main switch and then add on for the other switches. That’s why I’m not adding the 4 way switch to my z wave looks like nightmare…
Does anyone have experience with Dragon Tech, three way switches. This may be a straight forward way to get a repeater and 3 way switch which fits existing switch boxes. Its z-wave plus which I think is compatible with z-wave devices and the v2 hub. I am having trouble with z wave both plus and the std leviton outlets, others have it working so this may be something to consider.
I’m a failure… Couldn’t crack it tonight… :-/. Sorry crew
I have 4 Dragon Tech switches and use GE add-on for my 3 ways.
I still think you need to figure out your old wiring configuration first. I know you mentioned about the relay working without the switch but can you turn the light on with ST? You don’t even need the switches to get the relay working so maybe leave the switches out and try it that way first. See if you can control the light with ST. If that work then just connect up one switch for a 2 ways first.