Low-Voltage Lighting Systems and the House of Yesterday’s Tomorrow Today
How a 1940's lighting system made a smarter 1950’s home possible.
In this first episode, I am going to cover some history and the components of an interesting home lighting control system commonly referred to as a low-voltage lighting system. These systems were manufactured by GE Lighting, Bryant Electric, Sierra (later Pass and Seymour), Pyramid Electric, and a ton of other companies you've probably never heard of. I'll also give you a rundown of what Smarter Circuits is and what you might expect from future videos.
If you're looking for more information on how to install Shelly relays to replace your old low-voltage lighting system, be sure to subscribe to the channel and check out the next video which will cover wiring and configuring the Shelly WiFi relays, setting up MQTT on a Raspberry Pi, writing a simple Python Flask API and Python monitoring program, building a touchscreen interface with TKinter in Python, and building a simple Angular single-page application to control and view information about your relays.
This is my first go of this, so... be gentle, interwebs, be gentle.
Check out Episode 2 for more information on Shelly relay wiring and control:
• Control Circuits With Shelly Relays, MQTT,...
Links to stuff from the episode:
Kyle's Switch Plates
https://www.kyleswitchplates.com/low-...
North Central Washington Home Inspections Article
http://www.ncwhomeinspections.com/low....
Shelly Relays:
https://amzn.to/3japXQ9
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