I have a single z-wave dimmer that is connected to two lights. One light is a sconce, the other is an overhead light. My goal is that when the dimmer is turned on, the sconces dim with the dimmer, and that when the dimmer gets to 100%, the overhead light turns on, and below 100% the overhead light turns off. Main problem is just that the overhead light is too bright.
I accomplished this by wiring the dimmer such that line & load are alway connected. As a result, the sconce and the overhead are both always powered. The sconce then has a smart bulb and the overhead has a smart bulb. My rules engine and switch mirror apps then listen for dimmer changes, mirror them to the sconces, and turns on the overhead smart bulb when dimmer hits 100%. It works great except that the mirror app and the dimmer are a little flakey, sometimes there is a 1 second delay, sometimes two commands overlap and turning the dimmer on turns the lights on briefly. WAF is low on this setup. I’ve tried every setting in the various switch binding and mirroring apps, and it’s just too finicky.
SO. Here is where I could use some guidance.
I want to maintain the same solution except that I will revert the dimmer to being a standard on/dim/off with line/load on their separate poles. I will replace the sconces with standard dimmable bulbs, I will replace the overhead light with a standard overhead light… but then I still have the problem that the overhead light turns on when the dimmer is below 100%.
Digging around I keep finding adjustable currency sensing relays, but they seem to all be built with the assumption that one device is getting power and the relay is switching on/off another device.
Is there such a thing as a (non smart) switch (in-ceiling, hidden away) where I can connect the power to the switch, and when the power reaches 100%, the switch passes the power to the overhead light?
Ultimately I’m just not electrically knowledgable to even know what device I want to buy.
