#INSTEON TIMER SWITCH HOW TO#
#INSTEON TIMER SWITCH INSTALL#

There is a 14-2 from 2nd switch to fixture (top of stairs). There is a 14-2 from main power to 2nd switch (top of stairs). The final wiring, very different from Insteon manual diagram is : We made this work by snaking a new 14-2 the 18 feet from switchbox to light fixture, which became Main power into the 3-way circuit, the existing 14-2 that used to carry the power from fixture to switch became line/neutral to the fixture. Lutron smart switches can handle both two-pole and 3-pole configurations, and will not fail to perform even when there are only 2 wires plus ground.īTW - Insteon support people are not electrically trained, at least mine wasn’t, and cannot understand how electricity flows in a circuit. They also drive the traveler leg of the circuit to 120 volts even when the switch is off.

#INSTEON TIMER SWITCH HOW TO#

While Lutron smart switches, and any anolog switch can handle this situation, since it is used universally to handle light fixtures at the tail of a circuit, Insteon switches cannot understand how to route a switch connection that opens and closes the neutral path to the light to make it turn on/off (much less dim it). What must I do? Should I just connect the Black line on the switch to Line, and the Red line on the switch to Neutral, and disconnect the white switch wire? Then I just added the Load (red) on the switch to Neutral (black) along with the white on the switch.

#INSTEON TIMER SWITCH INSTALL#

But in a 14-2 there is NO Load! So I tried to install as (White) line on the feed to Line (black) on the switch, then Neutral (black) on the feed to Neutral (white) on the switch. The insteon guide shows ANY switch diagram with Line, Load, and Neutral. I can't just swap white for black, because I don't know where in this residential circuit the polarity was swapped.Īnyway, to help isolate out problems, I gave up on the 3-way, and want to JUST test one of the 2477D switches for merely switching the light on/off. The prior electrical installer inexplicably swapped the black for neutral, and the white for line (hot). Such a configuration is unusal but not unknown. My line (hot 120v) originates from a light fixture with the wire running from the light fixture to the switch location on a 14-2 (w/ground) romex cable.

However my power supply poses some challenges. I am trying to install two Insteon 2477D switches in a 3-way configuration.

Insteon timer switch