Oz Certified Light Switches

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  MrThing on 23/01/2022 - 00:52

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  uhhh……

  ALL electrical products sold in "legitimate" shops whether physical or E-stores (in Australia) have to be AS/NZS certified. Shops cant just import bullshit dangerous non certified electrical gear from China or India and flog them off.

  If you buy dodgy electrical gear from ebay or out of a car boot at some dicey market, well good luck.

  Its going to be easier to find what you want by going through OEM websites (HPM, Deta, Clipsal, etc) first then search for that part number via google

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    johnnybravo on 23/01/2022 - 11:18

    What about this one then?

    https://smartguys.com.au/zigbee/smart-switch-sockets.html

    I thought it was certified but there a post from Whirlpool which indicated otherwise i.e. model number did not match the certification. Hence all my confusion. I personally do not want to buy from any random companies either but want to check for options.

    Here is another one that I had seen but unsure of the certification.

    https://www.amazon.com.au/Useelink-Touchscreen-Compatiable-C…

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  purdah123 on 23/01/2022 - 07:53

  +2

  I am going with Clipsal Saturn zen plates and switches, but using Shelly1 smart relays.

  Not the cheapest way to do it, but fully compliant and the Shelly's don't need the internet to work out be setup.

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    bigballerbrand on 23/01/2022 - 08:25

    Hey mate, if i am understanding correctly,

    the plate is the plastic "face" of the thing.
    the switch is the physical thing you toggle off and on for the light
    the smart relay is the tiny box thing that goes behind it in the wall to make it "smart"

    is that correct?

    based on your set up, what are the rough cost for each 1 (so 1 plate, switch and relay)?

    also, is there a reason you are using Shelly1 smart relay instead of Shelly Dimmer 2 (im lost so just asking)

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    johnnybravo on 23/01/2022 - 11:39

    Thats a nice setup. I did consider it however the cost was way too high to have that many smart relays as I think I would have needed around 2-3 relays per switch plate.

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      bigballerbrand on 23/01/2022 - 14:23

      can you expand on that? why would you need 3 per switch plate? im completely lost lol

      is that because some plates have 2 or 3 toggles and the relay only works for each toggle right?

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        johnnybravo on 23/01/2022 - 19:57

        Yes, thats correct. Based on my readings so far, if there are 4 switches/toggles on a single plate, the max number of toggles that a relay can manage is 2 which means you would need 2 sets of relays for 4 toggles. Atleast thats my understanding unless someone can show me otherwise.

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          bigballerbrand on 23/01/2022 - 20:13

          @johnnybravo: so lets say you need at least 20 relays, at 20 bucks each (im guessing) thats about 400?

          then you need the actual switch if you want a different one, as well as a faceplate.

          so you're looking at over $2k for the house?

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            purdah123 on 29/03/2022 - 12:28

            @bigballerbrand: As I said it is not the cheapest but it does look good, and you can also have the led lights come on when the lights are on and off when the light is off, and other combinations of always on etc.

            The prices are around $30 for each bell press with led.

            Plates are around $30-$50 depending on how many switches

            Shelly's are either Shelly 1 at about $16 each in a pack of 10 with 1 free

            Or you can go with Shelly 2.5 which is basically two 1s in a single package. They are $30 a pop.

            Shelly dimmers have gone up since I got mine, now about $45.

            I will have spent well over $1000 for the house by the time I finish the renos.

            As a general rule try to keep it to just two physical Shelly units behind a switch plate as 3 is quite tight in the wall cavity