I have one white switches controlling 8 wiz down lights and two wiz A19 lights.
I initially added a bypass to the circuit because the switch would power loop off when turning off the lights ,this solved the issue . But then I added the two A19 bulbs and the problem came back. So I added another bypass to the circuit behind one of my other down lights , the lights are fully functional dimming and everything. Until I go to turn them off then I get the same issue as before. My question is should I add another bypass making it 3 total to the circuit and dose it matter if it’s on any particular light in the system ? Thanks
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Anyone have any input ? It would be greatly appreciated
You are not wired optimally.
Wiz bulbs are smart bulbs. Smart bulbs need to be powered 100%. If you had a neutral in your switch box (which you don’t), you could turn on the smart bulb mode and that would ensure the bulbs were properly powered.
But in your case, you are mixing smart bulbs with a non-neutral at the switch. Non-neutrals are problematic, particularly with smart bulbs. Since your hot and neutral originate at the light box, wire the lights to be full time hot, and then send a hot and neutral to the switch box to power the Inovelli.
You’ll have to throw the breaker to cut power to the light receptacles, but that will get you out of the non-neutral/smart bulbs issue.
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