Older coach lighting automation.

[DHudson]

Has anyone ever changed their light switches in a older (2000 Dutch Star) from 12 volt to 110 volt (LED lights - I know they are 12 volt) ) and ran it off a inverter.
I am wanting to add home automation to my coach and can do so by replacing the current light switches with "smart switches". However, the only ones I can find are 110 volts. So I was thinking, I could change the power source to 110 volts and use the "smart switches" and reduce the power to 12 volt on the other side of the switch to the light.

Another option I am looking at is "FIBARO RGBW", but need to research it more.

Thoughts?

 

[Dernis14]

How’s it going! I installed in my rig sonoff smart switches from Amazon. They were originally 110V but I made them 12V with a couple modifications and they work great. My rig is completely smart.

 

[DavidL]

Like Dernis14 suggests, there are several automation switches that are happy on 12volts. Sonoff, Qubino all make versions. I like Qubino as you can reuse the existing mechanical switch and hide the "smart" guts inside the wall. The only downside is the mechanical switch looses "state" ie: Up is not always On. Not a big deal IMHO though. Just hit the switch in the opposite direction to achieve turning the lights on / off as desired. If you truly are "automating" and not just "remote control", then you won't be touching the switch much anyway (automated by time / motion / events / mode etc).