Greetings,
Thank you in advance for your support! We are looking forward to your comments!
We have several 1Ls, no neutral, no ground, installed in our 100+-year-old US home.
Could you please share your working 1L no-neutral wire, multi-bulb light fixtures (we have six bulb fixtures), and bulbs configuration (number of bulbs and bulb vendor/model)?
We had only been able to get the 1Ls to work with single light bulb fixtures. Incidentally, each single light bulb fixture works as expected with the in-place bulb. We could not get a four or six-bulb fixture with no neutral wire with all identical bulbs to work properly: the light bulbs stayed on all the time, and the single pole switch would not operate, i.e. turning the switch on/off did nothing.
We tested many different light bulbs (all identical bulbs in the fixture); in each test, the fixture was populated with identical bulbs, the lights stayed on, and the single pole light switch did not work, i.e. on/off did nothing, the light stayed on.
We have tested six and one GE Lighting 93098314 LED Light Bulbs, Frosted Daylight, 8-Watts, 750 Lumens bulbs in a six-bulb fixture.
We have tested six and one Dimmable Ascher Vintage LED Edison Bulbs, 6W in a six-bulb fixture.
The same result, the lights stayed on, and the single pole light switch did not work, i.e. on/off did nothing; the light stayed on.
We found this forum post that seems to suggest that no neutral relays only work with a single bulb fixture.
Re: Shelly Dimmer 2 without N - flickering problem with 2 and 3 bulbs
Thank you again in advance for your support and your comments!
FAQ (From Install Guide) https://shelly.cloud/documents/user_guide/shelly_1l.pdf
* When using the device without neutral, Shelly 1L requires at least 20W of power consumption, in order to operate. If the connected light has a smaller power consumption, then Shelly Bypass is required for the operation of the Device! Shelly Bypass is accessory that will be sold separatley!
Supported light types:
• Incandescent lamps
• Fluorescent lamps
• Halogen lamps
• Dimmable LED
• Non Dimmable LED
• Fluorescent tubes
• Neon lamps
