Hi filibar,
yeh men that's the thing, here in our Country that's the style. it's actually cost effective, having to run just one wire through the switch rather than 2 or 3 wires.
see. here it is.. i've actually been playing around with it prior to this post but i can't seem to get it to work.
You see that yellow wire? that's just 1 line from one side of the light socket. The green wire behind it is the EARTH GROUND which isn't really used and I found it odd that the contractor included the ground in the loop for the light switch, when in most house holds contractors wouldn't bother. The ground is only used in the AC sockets.
So you see i put the module in between the yellow line (same line the switch is on). So im not really getting the Neutral line directly to the module but i guess it's the same thing so long as there is a bulb in the socket right? the circuit still goes full circle.
Doing this i can power up the module and have been able to add it to the Hub. I am able to turn the module ON/OFF but somehow the light bulb wont turn on at all. I guess coz again, the zwave module is basically residing and controlling one side (line) of the light socket as opposed to the installation diagram.
I also tried 1 LIVE and 1 GROUND (tapped into the ground line) for the module, and treated the ground as Neutral .. But the light wouldn't power up.
So im posting here to get some thoughts if this could really work or not.
There are modules that work on a 1 wire system but they are very hard to get for me, most are in NZ frequency not US.
This module im playing with however is quite abundant hence i am trying to really make it work. That is why i have that last option where I would put the module behind the actual light socket in the ceiling rather than in between the light switch.
so i'm stalled at the moment, hoping for some tips and thoughts.