I have 2 fireplaces I have been controlling with a ZFM-80US, but recently one of the two devices has died. I can’t find the same product any longer (it looks like it’s been discontinued), what suggestions do folks have to replace this device?
The feature of the ZFM-80US that I liked is I can hook it up to the existing wall mounted switch to still control the fireplace, in addition to the z-wave controller. I don’t want to render the wall switch useless, and the wall switch has no power routed to it at all (the switch wires only carry microvoltage)
I do have Zigbee capabilities now, too, so I’d be willing to go that route if needed.
I use a shelly 1 to control my fireplace. This is controlled by both the wall switch and by the shelly. The shelly 1 is controlled by wifi. The hardest part is getting the 12v power to run the shelly. I used a 12v power supply off amazon. I use a generic thermostat in HA to control it. This replaced an old z-wave thermostat that died. It just works and you have thermostat like control as well.
If the ZFM-80 was discontinued someone just found a big box of them somewhere because they seem to be back in stock in a lot of places. They were definitely impossible to find for a while. I just got one this week. Disappointed to hear you had one fail though. They aren’t cheap.