Buck Parrish
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Can any one recommend a RF or x10 switch that will work a 100 yards? It's from a house to a horse barn. They'll be kept dry. We only have the service wires ran to a small sub panel in the barn.
Thanks, It's for the outside barn light
you need wireless at 100yds to control a ext barn light? doesnt add up for me.Thanks, It's for the outside barn light
you need wireless at 100yds to control a ext barn light? doesnt add up for me.
why do they need 100yd remote control of ext barn light?
dunno, but a timer or dusk-dawn motion light that has low/hi seems to cover both scenarios ?? hence, skip the silly Rf which will likely be an issue at some point in the future.You can't look at it that way.
People are willing to pay to get whatever they want and not what they may really need. Does it really matter why they want something if they are willing to pay for it?
dunno, but a timer or dusk-dawn motion light that has low/hi seems to cover both scenarios ?? hence, skip the silly Rf which will likely be an issue at some point in the future.
there's a ton of 433MHz fob stuff that can switch a relay at 500-600ft with no issue at all.
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The Insteon version of X-10 might be your best bet. The Rf ones I know of won't go the distance.
What is it for. There is always Wifi switches.
Couple of years ago he asked us to install Some INSTEON switches in his stable/barn to control the stable outside lights. The stable has a 100A subpanel fed from the main house, distance is well over 400', and it works with no problems.
well, need to be smarter than the relayAlso, they are very limited as to how much power can be run through the relays, and the relays have to be rated for 120 volts. Most are for 12 volts.
well, need to be smarter than the relay
use relay to switch a Omron SSR.
1) the relay has nothing to do w/ how far the Rf will goI am, and that's why I know what you are suggesting won't work at 300'.
1) the relay has nothing to do w/ how far the Rf will go
2) i have used 433MHz for 1k ft+ experiment before (open field though), the right 433MHz stuff will work
Solidremote 433MHz has range 500-2000m !!
just 2A, dismal, but expected. why not match/exceed that of the OCPD with a Omron SSR?Well, maybe I won't be trying Solidremote.
Only two channels. I need four.
For the OP's application, the contacts are rated at 2A @ 120 volts.
just 2A, dismal, but expected. why not match/exceed that of the OCPD with a Omron SSR?
i mean, use whatever stuff that has the range, and if the receiver only has a small 2A relay on it then use that relay to switch a big Omron solid state relay so you can get full OCPD current on the remotely switched ckt.Because they won't work at 300 feet. Especially considering the OP probably wants control of the light from inside his house, and the receiver will probably be inside the barn or obscured by it.
i mean, use whatever stuff that has the range, and if the receiver only has a small 2A relay on it then use that relay to switch a big Omron solid state relay so you can get full OCPD current on the remotely switched ckt.