After installing a pair of GE Link Z-Wave dimmers (that use wiring terminals and have performed flawlessly) in my family room I decided to try cutting costs with a pair of WD500Z-1s for the front porch and entryway lights. In addition to being more difficult to fit into the box…mostly due to the use of pigtails and wire nuts rather than terminals…one of the switches never functioned, while the other (wired identically) worked fine for a couple of hours until it began to cause all 4 bulbs it was controlling to begin flickering at 100%. I pulled up the ST app and found that turning the light off and back on caused the dimmer to come back on at erratic settings ranging from ~30%-60%. I pulled the switch out and checked the wiring to make sure I didn’t have a connection that had come loose. I didn’t. Putting it back together and trying again gave the same results. It worked fine for a couple of hours and then resumed the flickering. I tried swapping out the LED bulbs for incandescents, but that made no difference. After 3 days of this the lights stopped coming on at all, even though the switch responds by turning off the indicator LED.
I believe I’ll be picking up some GE Link dimmers now.
Did you ever give this a try? Is there a device handler for ST?
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Amazon has all touch screen Schlage locks, including the Zwave locks which are compatible with SmartThings, on sale until early May. The lock must be sold by Amazon itself, not a third party. A lot of the matching handlesets are also on sale.
Went to check Lowes for price comparison and my store was still selected as Chelsea from buying the Iris stuff earlier this week and this is listed at $69.95!
Weird - I had no problems and I was logged into to my account. I set my store in MyLowes to the chelsea store though…not sure if that made or makes a difference?
From the description: “Compatible with home automation and Iris Home Management System for increased safety and security” and features “Works with Iris Yes” So it looks like it should be.
I can add it to cart but when I try to checkout it says cart empty. I did manage to place order by checking out as a guest.