Hi
I´m looking for best way to setup sensors and dimmers in a ford transit I am converting to a camper.
What I plan to do is :
- Control led lights, preferably with dimmer. Some lights, some strips. (4 zones, one for general ambient, one for kitchen, one for bathroom and one for work lights)
- Water level sensors for water-tanks. (maybe one for diesel tank if that is not to hard, the original is broken and the aftermarket one that is fitted is not accurate)
- Thermostat and use the readings from it to control the Webasto heater in the car
- Power consumption. Se how much current is going through.
- Basic relay to turn on things like the stereo system and fridge
any recommendation for hardware ?
from my readings here last few days I have found that z-wave is the most recommended but did not find any 12v led switches wit dimmer on the site,
Sonoff is another solution, could use smart switches that are both 12-30v dc and 110-230v ac. But then I would not have dimmer.
I found some controllers for led strips, but I dont want to have only dimmer on the led strips.
I could use 12vdc to 18-24vdc step-up and just run some commercial solutions (think Philips hue and Lifx have some wireless bulbs that the controller is 18-24v dc in) but the I dont want to do that unless I have no other better option, if something fails in the 24v department it could be a big mess.