Hi All! First time post-er with a Caseta issue I'm having trouble with.
I have a single pole standard light switch (in a single box) at the top of my basement stairs. It turns on and off a 15 amp circuit in the basement that handles all my basement lighting, probably 1000 watts or so, a mix of LED and fluorescent.
In the box I have only 3 wires available : line (white) load (black) and ground.
I replaced the single pole switch with a Lutron Caseta PD-5WS-DV (no neutral required switch). So far, so good. It works as expected.
The problem I'm having is that the load is too much for the Caseta, and it's getting hot (upwards of 90 degrees using an infrared thermometer.)
So my thought is to use a relay - have the Caseta power the relay on and off and have the relay power the load on and off in turn.
The question: Specifically, what relay would work in this application and how would I wire it to the PD-5WS-DV? (Keeping in mind, I have no neutral in the box.)
Thanks so much for any help!
G