I have seen this asked and searched myself for a way to control multiple zones of landscape lighting with a signal transformer. Hoping this post might help or inspire someone else to take advantage of this setup. It's certainly much cheaper than 1 transformers per zone. The Zooz ZEN16 can be powere…

Interesting device. Especially the supply voltage. Is there a driver for all 3 relays in HE?

@Navat604 , Yes. [aaa] [1a] [1b] [1c] Then each Relay.... [bbb]

Just so I am clear, you're powering the Zen16 off 12V only from the transformer, and it passes 12V to each relay? So the Zen16 is not on the Zwave network while the transformer is not outputting 12V? or do you have it set to always on? do you have a wiring diagram by chance, i'm getting ready to…

[image] darryl.kegg: you're powering the Zen16 off 12V only from the transformer, and it passes 12V to each relay? Correct. At one point I powered them off the USB connector for troubleshooting (Zooz suggestions), but it made no difference, and was too many wires, so I went back to my OP setu…

I'd like to pile on this somewhat old thread to ask about doing something similar, but I have to house all the parts/connections out in the front corner of my yard, where the outside power source is located. The stuff I have/am planning to get and use: Zen16 (already have) Low-voltage wired pathw…

[image] danabw: Amazingly complete lack of understanding of electricity, and terms like "dry contact," and volts, etc. (Most definitely already have) You sure you want to tackle line and low voltage without an understanding of electricity? Might want to consult an electrician, or lots of YouT…

Thanks for the details. :slight_smile: [image] TechMedX: Might want to consult an electrician My brother is a general contractor so he pays me back for all the tech stuff I help him with by advising me on anything related to construction/electrical. :slight_smile: I'm actually familiar/comf…

[image] danabw: That seems to be what Zooz recommends (powering off 12v) in their wiring diagram here . Am I misunderstanding what you mean? Nope that's what I do too. It steams from some convo I had with Zooz. I cannot recall exactly what the issue was (my guess is it was Z-wave mesh related)…

This setup has been working great for me for 3+ years. Tonight though one of my two relays stopped working. Upon inspection there appears to have been some failure at the relay, and it concerns me. One of the wires appears charred or something. I’ve emailed zooz about it but curious if anyone has in…

[image] JustinL: Any idea what might have happened and how to prevent in the future? Is that solid or stranded wire? Ask because if stranded maybe one of the strands didn’t get inserted and touched the wire in the terminal beside it?

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ritchierich September 18, 2023, 2:17am 22

Be careful with those too: