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Is there a way to run my furnace fan intermittently without heating the house more?

We just moved into our first house in September and it's old but surprisingly well insulated. We don't like it overly warm either so in the winter the thermostat is often set to 18°C/64.4°f The furnace is a fairly new gas furnace (Lennox…
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Connecting C-wire to 1989 Forced Air Electric Heater

Can anybody figure out where a C-wire would be connected in this old forced air electric furnace? How do you test it with a multimeter to make sure? Big 240V cables are at 1 (pink circle) in picture; ground wire is just below, kind of underneath,…
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How to Fix my DIY Smart Switch Install

I've been installing smart switches and mostly seems like working fine. This one location though, seemed okay at first but after a power outage the breaker tripped unless I removed the right switch (see picture) in this three gang box; on a…
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What is the best way to remote-control 4+ 240v wall-heaters, each with their own line-voltage thermostats, and their own 240v circuits?

We live in a warm climate and rarely heat our tiny 2-floor townhouse fully, but when we do, we cannot use the existing electric heaters efficiently at all. We will be installing a floor heating system (heat-pump water heater plumbing under new…
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Is 3-way switching circuitry compatible with smart ceiling fans?

I'm gathering from research that generally smart fan control switches are single pole only. We have wiring for a 3-way switched fan/light fixture. Do 3-way smart fan switches exist? Do intrinsically smart fan/light fixtures with 3-way switches…
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Where to connect a common wire to a Burnham alpine Furnace

Like many on this site I am trying to install a smart thermostat. I have 3 wires, 24V Red, white, and blue at the thermostat, but only 2 down at the boiler. My boiler is a Burnham Alpine model number ALP080P. I can see where the contractor cut the 3…
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Ecobee SmartThermostat - Blue connected to W at furnace, what to do?

Trying to install my new ecobee SmartThermostat. Furnace is a Trane heat pump, 20 years old from when the house was built. When I looked at the existing thermostat, it has RGWY. So I thought I needed to install the PEK. I went up into the attic and…
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Smart/Wi-Fi septic alarm monitors?

I'm looking for the way to be alerted remotely when I get a septic pump alarm in my summer house. The septic pump is a traditional one, with a buzzer that goes off when the float gets too high and there's obviously no "smart connectivity in the…
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Is it possible to have a smart switch control a wired switch

I have an older house, where running the new wires I need is challenging. I have a light that is on a switch at the top of the stairs, and I would like to add a switch at the bottom of the stairs also. So, my question is if there is any possible…
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No voltage on old thermostat wiring

I'm trying to add an amazon smart thermostat. I don't have a C wire, but there is a spare black wire behind the thermostat. I put my multimeter on 200 VAC and expected to see 24 VAC on the red wire. I'm pretty sure I need to plug in my black wire at…
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How can I prevent backfeed to my bathroom light when a smart module activates the fan (240V AC, UK)?

I'm hoping some of you knowledgeable folks from the UK (and beyond!) can help me out with a bit of a smart home head-scratcher I'm experiencing with my bathroom fan setup. Summary of the Problem: In a nutshell, I've installed a Moes 2-gang smart…
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Kasa HS200 & HS210 Very Sporadic Light Flickering

I've recently replaced all the light switches in my house with Kasa Smart Switches (Models HS200, HS210, and H220). Generally speaking they're working perfectly fine - but - I've been having a strange issue where 2 of my rooms are lightly flickering…
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Installing a thermostat with 3 wires only (red/R, white/W, and black/G)

I want to connect an Ecobee to my house, under the constraints imposed at the thermostat (pictured below); you will immediately note that there is no yellow/Y wire (because there is no air-conditioning system here), and that there is no blue/C…
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Is this light-switch wiring safe and up to code? Kasa wifi switch next to 3-way rocker switch

My house was built in 1979. Today I replaced these 2 lights switches. The left switch was a simple switch. The right one was a 3-way switch (i.e. there is another switch that also controls the same ceiling light). Original wiring My diagram of the…
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Can I connect two Line (hot) wires in a single phase circuit safely?

I have a smart light bulb that needs constant power connected in order to be controlled via my smart home. However, I want my guests to be able to control the light via a switch as well. I bought a small Sonoff switch that requires no neutral to…
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