Over the next couple weeks, I’ll be revamping the wiring diagrams to show a before and after so you can easily determine what setup you have currently and then how you’ll need to wire the switches moving forward.
Prior diagrams can be found here (On/Off or Dimmer), but will be phased out with the new diagrams shortly.
Below are the location of the new diagrams – let me know what you think and if there’s any that’s missing, please let me know!
@Eric_Inovelli - If I get on a laptop today I’ll look over it with more scrutiny. Mobile I had a weird blown up of one of the diagrams. All others looked like a good scale.
Is there any reason that the wiring diagrams don’t include instructions for the ground wire? My switch has a green screw for a ground connection but the installation manual doesn’t represent it or make any suggestion about what to do with it.
I can’t speak for why it’s not included in the diagrams, but my guess is that it just serves to confuse things. The treatment for ground wire connections is the same for smart switches as it is for dumb switches. To be honest, if you have to ask, you might want to consult with an electrician to insure that your installations are properly wired.
That being said, the switch needs to be grounded. This depends on the type of wiring used, but with Romex wire that contains insulated conductors and a bare ground, you should pigtail a bare ground wire to the bare wire bundle in the box and connect it to the green screw connection on the switch. To obtain a bare pigtail, cut a length of Romex and pull the bare conductor from it.
That ground is always connected to the green screw, period. It doesn’t vary, so it doesn’t serve any purpose to include in the drawings.
@Eric_Inovelli Hmmm…looks like it’s not a browser issue…I just opened the link on my guest wifi (insecure) and the graphics showed up. Looks like zoho.com (which is where the graphics are linked to) is on my routers bad site list.
These diagrams are really a nice addition. I plan to add two more Inovelli to a 4 way setup(already have one dimmer and two dumb switches). Just need to find time to cut power which also cuts power to my modem and router and I’ve got virtual learning teenagers that will scream when WIFI goes out. Anyways, I still have one question for a unique 3 way. You have diagrams for a neutral and also a non neutral setup. My first switch has a neutral and I have a dimmer installed. My second switch is what my electrician refers to as a dead three way because it doesn’t have a neutral. Does anyone think leaving the Inovelli as is and then adding a Homeseer as pictured with the no neutral diagram(pg 19) is reasonable and safe?
I need to replace an existing Rhine Electronics RH787 receiver with the red series fan+light receiver, but the wiring isn’t the same, and there is nothing online that I can find to indicate what the various wired on the Rhine do. There is a blue and white that go to the light that I’ve fairly well established are the hot and neutral to the light kit. There are red, yellow and grey wires that go to the motor. I’m assuming one is forward, one reverse, and one is a common, but I don’t know which is which, and I don’t want to burn out the brand new motor.
Thank you for this, but no. The Suffix is RH787 NRE. Pretty sure it’s AC. There’s no inverter. I keep looking for it online. It’s not even on the Rhine Electronics site.
Ok, I think I just found my answer. It appears that my fan has a 3-phase motor, and the inovelli is sadly not compatible, so I’ll have to make do with the battery operated dumb remote. >:(
I believe it’s AC input and the fan itself has the DC motor/inverter. I think based on the commands the receiver toggles which speed to turn the fan on.
However, I’m not 100% sure on this as I don’t own a DC fan and I’m in the US where most houses are single phase at 60 hz. Only 3 ph I know go to businesses as no appliances for residential are 3 ph in the US.
