Right now, I have a White Series dimmer switch and canopy module and I followed this wiring guide where the line doesn’t go through the switch at all. My understanding is that because the dimmer is not a true on/off switch, if the power goes through the dimming circuit, it won’t be good for the canopy module (and the circuit behind that).
However, when they disconnect from my controller (from rebooting HA, power outage, etc.) they sometimes have trouble reconnecting. Restarting HA or reloading the thread/matter integration doesn’t do anything. I only found that a hard power cycle gets it to reconnect.
The annoying part is that I can’t easily power cycle the canopy module without killing the entire circuit at the breaker. For the switch, I can just pull the airgap, but since the canopy module is always connected to line I have to flip the breaker which sucks because there can be other stuff on the circuit that I don’t want to power off.
I have since switched to just buying the Blue Series, and I don’t anticipate running into any connection issues like I did with the White Series. Though, I’d like to avoid having to do this if the situation ever comes up.
So my question is: Would the fan canopy module be better paired with the on/off switch instead of the dimmer? Since it is a true relay, I am assuming you can wire it up normally and put it in smart bulb mode. That way, the airgap will also cut power to the canopy module. Additionally, there is no need for the dimming functionality on the switch if the canopy module handles the dimming.
The one thing I’m not sure about is that even if it’s an on/off switch, does the smart bulb also include the dimming features? As in, would I be able to have the same zigbee bindings as with the dimmer? I would assume so but I just want to double check.