Shelly Dimmer 2 WiFi Relay Switch – Single Channel

As DIY Tinkerers and IoT Device enthusiasts, we adore enhancing our everyday life with futuristic DIY gadgets. While this might typically mean recreating Luke’s lightsaber, one of the most satisfying projects to tackle is Home Automation. Your quality of life significantly steps up with the fun installations of smart home technology, which can improve your office workspace too. You can customise your ease of living with voice-activated lights, an automated garage door, smart sprinklers that read the sunrise, and more DIY tricks. We’re always excited to introduce more smart home technology to the South African market. Shelly IoT is a brand that provides easy ways to automate your home and the Shelly Dimmer 2 WiFi Relay Switch will master your home’s lighting to create atmosphere and comfort.

The Shelly Dimmer 2 WiFi Relay is designed for a wide range of halogen, incandescent or LED dimmable Lighting of 10W to 200W, making it the perfect solution for your smart home. Utilising the typical AC power supply of 110V to 230V, the Shelly Dimmer 2 offers a single channel connection. Often light circuitry in South African homes and offices can present a confusing problem if the neutral wire is not included near the light switch. Fortunately, the Shelly Dimmer 2 is created to function even if the neutral line is missing. Makers may also be particularly interested in the Shelly Dimmer 2 WiFi Relay’s ability to maintain the functioning of the mechanical switch to which it is attached, allowing you to choose between flipping the switch or using your smartphone to turn them on, off or dimmer.

With its small form factor, each Shelly Dimmer 2 integrates snugly behind wall sockets or slips out of sight under your lampstand, connecting your entire home’s lighting to one WiFi Network. Organise multiple rooms using the Shelly Cloud App and control them all with your smartphone from anywhere. Shelly Dimmer 2 is highly adaptive as you build on and integrate other smart home technology such as more Shelly Devices, Alexia or SmartThings, giving you voice activation as well! You can easily program the Shelly Dimmer 2 WiFi Relay to switch your lighting onto a schedule or even track the sunrise and sunset automatically to dim your lights in the evening and early mornings. With these Shelly Dimmer 2 WiFi Relays you will be well on your way to a cosy smart home environment and have a fun new way to control LED lighting for other DIY shenanigans.

 Please Note: The Shelly Dimmer 2 WiFi Relay Switch offers exciting dimming functionalities, but does require the use of halogen, incandescent or dimmable LED lights. While the relay caters for a wide range of lightbulbs, please ensure all bulbs connected to one Dimmer 2 in a circuit are equal in power load and technology.

Additional Note: Where power consumption is less than 20w, as found in typical LED lights, a Shelly Bypass is needed for no neutral installations with your Shelly Dimmer 2 to ensure the circuit functions correctly.

Typical Applications for Shelly Dimmer 2 WiFi Relay:

Although small 1 channel relays, these Shelly Dimmer 2 WiFi Relays are powerful together. Shelly devices are designed to offer a painless solution for home automation, by integrating into your existing home electronics and connecting with smart home platforms such as Amazon Alexia for voice activation as well. Shelly Dimmer 2 allows you to customize your ease of living with automated lights, allowing you to dim and remotely control your home lights from anywhere. The Shelly Cloud App also gives you the option to set your lighting on a schedule or according to the sunrise and sunset while saving your eyes from the glare by dimming late at night or early mornings. As DIY Tinkerers, we have endless possibilities to integrate Shelly Devices into DIY Projects to control LED lighting in fun interesting ways.

Additional Resources:

• The Official Shelly Dimmer 2 Relay Page is a great resource for Makers looking for wire diagrams, user guides and project recommendations to get started.