Flashed Sonoff Touch with ESPEasy for control via MQTT and HA

xbmcnut · February 13, 2018, 8:55am

You definitely have a neutral connected in the wall?

Bobby_Nobble · February 13, 2018, 10:43am

As @xbmcnut says, you haven’t connected power properly sounds the most likely suspect.

When you say you replaced the old light switch, have you literally just taken the wires from it and put them into the Touch?

chrissbaumann · February 13, 2018, 12:40pm

You definitely have a neutral connected in the wall?

Yes. Can upload a photo later on.

chrissbaumann · February 13, 2018, 12:41pm

When you say you replaced the old light switch, have you literally just taken the wires from it and put them into the Touch?

Yes, that´s exactly what I did.

chrissbaumann · February 13, 2018, 4:35pm

So that´s how I connected it, it´s exactly how the previous light switch was wired.

Bobby_Nobble · February 14, 2018, 1:22am

So the previous light switch had a neutral connection?

chrissbaumann · February 14, 2018, 9:11am

So the previous light switch had a neutral connection?

Not sure to understand what you mean by “neutral connection”, I´m not an electrician or very familiar with house electrics, also english is not my native language…
Could you please elaborate a bit what you mean by your question?

chrissbaumann · February 14, 2018, 2:37pm

I will try to find out with a multimeter, later when at home…

Bobby_Nobble · February 14, 2018, 5:58pm

Single gang light switches only tend to have two wires which splits the live connection to the light fitting. If it was a two-way circuit, or three-way switch as the wierdos on the other side of the Atlantic like calling it :), there would be three but none of them is a neutral.

If it makes it simpler, think of it in DC terms, Live would be positive and usually red wires, Neutral would be negative and usually black wires. You need both for power but a lot of houses don’t have neutral to the switch.

Hope that helps.