![]() ![]() With all the abuse and day-to-day wear and tear, you may find yourself repairing or replacing one sooner or later. Here at AJ’s, we are all too familiar with the accidents people have with the plugs: forgetting to unplug and pulling away, dragging it on the ground. It is usually used for towing heavy-duty cargo trailers, aluminum trailers, dump trailers, utility / landscape trailers, equipment trailers, open car haulers and enclosed car haulers. The 7-Way Trailer Plug is around 2″ diameter connector that allows an additional pin for an auxiliary 12-volt power or backup lights. Trailers with electric brakes need them too. Most new vehicles equipped with a tow package have connectors. If your Riverstone is the one from Forest River, they’ve been offering a system of this type for a year or so.It’s the dreaded 7-Way Trailer & RV plug that we all have come to know and love. While there are some options, these days most RV manufacturers offer some kind of Smart control system, often combined with diagnostic information on plumbing systems. Most RV systems run off of 12V but switch to 120V when connected to “shore power.” This means you can’t just buy light switches and other devices designed for houses. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.Īs with most topics in this forum, the first rule of Home automation applies: “the model number matters.” In this case, that includes the model number of your RV. Are there any smart light switches out there? I am electrically stupid so wiring is not an option unless it is super simple. I have bought and returned so many smart light switches it isn’t funny. I want to be able to control my lights with my google assistant. I have a smart plug that works for a tabletop fan. I have a 2020 Riverstone that I’m trying to make “smart”. There is a large market for this, certainly not huge as compared to stick-built homes. Ideally we should be able to remove the existing switches from the panel and replace it with a Wi-Fi/smart switch. Still, with all of this available there seems to be nobody on Amazon making it simple… These switches should be a plug and play set up of the appropriate dimensions to replace the very common style of switch used in RVs… The rocker switches that are manufactured by Carling Switch and Cherry Switch. Most of them can be used for timing the momentary-on function which would be necessary for operating blinds, shades & awnings. There are also some smart switches for dimming, latching, inching etc. There are now some 12V over 12V switches, but I’ve been unable to find any three-way versions. To convert these units to a smart home, we simply need Wi-Fi switches operating on 12Vdc line-in while switching 12Vdc power. However for the home to function while moving down the road all of the lighting fixtures are 12Vdc. They are no longer the equivalent of tent camping on wheels! Even mid-range RVs include pro-sign inverters, whole-house generators, radiant floor heating, full internet and all the other comforts of home. Many years have passed since the original post, but even so I believe most of the responders have severely underestimated what RV means. Use of the relays just means you don’t have to replace all of the existing 12 V lighting with new stuff. But I assume you’ve got that part figured out. ![]() Of course you do have the question of how you’re going to power the switch. But the harmony would still work even when you didn’t have good Internet. You’d have more scheduling options when the Internet was available through SmartThings, and you could also toss echo into the mix as long as you had good internet. ![]() If it was me, I would probably put harmony into the mix just so it would still run even if the Internet was not available. Then you control that RF switch from either SmartThings or harmony. You’re just going to wire it to whatever it is that you want to be the RF switch. The elk relay itself doesn’t have a radio component. ![]() All the elk does is provide a step down between the 12 V and a lower voltage device in the form of a dry contact so that you can use a switch on either side of that connection to then close the circuit and power what’s on the other side of it. ![]()
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