Installed the generation 1 switches, no issues, both in a single switch and 3-way scenario. Got the new generation 2 switches and the single switch installation was as expected. The 3-way, however, is non-functional.
I have exactly the wiring situation, in the wiring guide, of the line being at the inovelli switch, with the load/traveller/neutral wires running to the secondary (standard) 3-way switch, and the load being off that secondary box.
With the inovelli switch on, the other 3-way will toggle the load (single dome light) fine. Flip the inovelli switch off, however, and the secondary switch becomes unable to do anything.
Used a tool to detect a hot wire, and it seems like the traveller never carries a charge.
Switched out the inovelli switch for another from that order, still no deal.
Read other reports and seems that similar things are happening to others. Is there a hardware defect here?
Quick question for you (and I mean no offense here) - are you following the directions for the Gen 2 wiring instructions? They use different logic than the Gen 1’s and I’ve seen it a few times where Gen 1’s are swapped out with Gen 2’s and since the logic is different, the switch will not work (this is bc the dumb switch in Gen 1 had to be rewired).
Not saying this is what you did, just wanted to call it out.
Would you also mind posting some pics of the switches with the wiring so we can see too?
If that’s the case, then it appears the dumb switch is wired correctly. It looked like those two wires were coming from the same Romex so I thought maybe it was an easy fix as the black and red wires from the same Romex go on the copper terminal and the load goes to the black.
Any way you can take a face on shot of both gangboxes?
I’d like to see specifically the Romex lines coming into the gangbox so I can trace it to the switch.
Sorry for the troubles, but it’s hard to confirm anything without seeing the sources.
Everything appears correct, but your problem sounds like something with the travelers and I just want to make sure.
Also on the dumb switch, now that in looking at it closer is the common labeled in the dumb switch? All the Terminals appear copper so now I’m curious.
There was another thread ((Solved) 4-way setup help needed) where the dumb switch instructions were wrong so I just want to double check before officially ruling it out.
I had a similar problem when I was doing my 4 way setup. The 4 way switch was fine. But the 3 way switch was labeled wrong. Just try different combination of swapping the wires around. there are not many combos you can do. But it does not hurt anything to just swap them around. Look at my post of the 4-way solved post. I did a drawing of my wires of what I had and not working and then at the bottom I posted what ended up working. It might help.
What was the result of this? I ran into the same issue… Tried everything possible and replaced the dumb switch and still have the same symptoms as you listed here.
