Like the title says, I have a 20yr old manufactured home with nothing but single pole speed boxes everywhere. All the wiring is 12-2 Romex (black/white/ground). So no neutral wire. Is there a Treatlife workaround or alternative I should be looking at?
I know there’s GE Cync and Lutron Caseta. Caseta might be a little too pricey for me. But I only have first hand experience with Treatlife, so not sure.
12-2 is common… and has neutral. If your house did not have neutral, then either you are on a 240v circuit, where both legs are considered “HOT”, or otherwise, nothing would work.
What you MEAN to say, is you don’t have neutral at your light-boxes.
This, is because, way back when, the way to wire light fixtures- your main wire goes into the light-fixture. Then, you run a seperate 12/2 or 14/2 from the light-fixture, down to the switch, and this switches the “hot” leg.
There are a few ways to address this.
You can pull new 12/3 or 14/3 from your light fixture, down to the switch. I did this in a few key locations, when I put in z-wave switches. Generally doesn’t take that long.
You can use a shelly hidden inside of the electrical box, above the light fixture. You would connect hot/neutral to it, and then, connect the 12/2 heading to the switch to the shelly as well. After this- you have an automated switch, which you can remotely control, as well as, you still have a physical wall switch. I did this in a few areas as well.