120VAC NC Remote switch

alldodge

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Looking for ready made but new design is OK

Issue
Would like to remotely turn OFF/ON a 120VAC circuit for 500FT clear line of sight. Have security lights on my barn and at times want to turn them ON and leave them stay that way. Security lights once it's dark can turn them OFF/ON and time or two and they stay on till sunrise

Current
Installed One of These but after install found out it is normally open and not closed. So it's just a matter of time before the relay burns out and nothing works. Only need about 5 amps because spots are LED
 

briangcc

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Would a smart outlet work? Cause I've seen them up to at least 15A.

I have a few elcheapo's I use for christmas lights and also to turn an aquarium light on/off on a program. Just needs 2.4Ghz wifi (at least the ones I have).
 

dingbat

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What problem are you trying to solve?

I have a motion activated lights at the barn.
Love/ hate relationship until I found a light that you could take in and out of manual mode from the switch.

Flip the switch on and of quickly puts it into manual mode.
Flip the switch on and off again, put it back into "sense" mode.

Besides that, I cheated.... the power to the barn lights is on a 3 way with the switch at the back door.
 

alldodge

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Would a smart outlet work? Cause I've seen them up to at least 15A.

I have a few elcheapo's I use for christmas lights and also to turn an aquarium light on/off on a program. Just needs 2.4Ghz wifi (at least the ones I have).
Barn is metal and would need to run some kind of wifi out there to use them

What problem are you trying to solve?

I have a motion activated lights at the barn.
Love/ hate relationship until I found a light that you could take in and out of manual mode from the switch.

Flip the switch on and of quickly puts it into manual mode.
Flip the switch on and off again, put it back into "sense" mode.

Besides that, I cheated.... the power to the barn lights is on a 3 way with the switch at the back door.
The barn has 2 motion sensor lights, and the off back on thing is what I'm doing now with the remote switch to keep lights ON. The issue is when power is removed from the breaker panel as when lighting strikes or anything that causes the issue, the remote unit needs to be manually turned back on.

If I can find a normally closed remote relay, then the remote would be used to turn it off, instead of on.
 

alldodge

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Hey, thanks guys
I was thinking along the line of adding another relay like Scott listed, but like the all in one also.
 
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