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.
Black= current carrying conductor, white= grounded conductor (neutral) bare= grounded conductor which is bonded to the white in the service panel.
The only advice I offer is to hire a licensed electrician before you electrocute yourself and/or set your home on fire.
Do a little research on Shelly switches. The Shelly, one does not require a neutral. I have several installed in my house without neutral and they work great.
Your only option are those higher-cost proprietary systems like Caseta, a wifi system like Treatlife uses requires a neutral.
Your other options is a control is at the fixture where a neutral is present rather than the switch and getting battery remotes, or running a neutral wire.
+1 use a zwave or zigbee relay in the fixture junction box where a neutral has to exist. Use the existing switch as the local control for that relay, and that should work. I use the same setup in a couple spots in my house where pulling a new run with a neutral would be a pain.
Old school dimmers don’t need a neutral or pull a neutral to the switch box from the easiest most accessible plug or j box. If there are two sets of Romex in the switch box one of the whites is likely a neutral. Quick check with a multimeter…