Home Automation Wireless Remote Controlled Outlet

How to Connect LED Lighting to a Remote Controlled Outlet – If the calculated load was too high then a control circuit could be used and the actual circuit load could then be switched by a relay that would be activated by the control circuit.

Connecting LED Lighting to a Remote Controlled Outlet
Home Automation: I have a wireless remote controlled wall outlet.

Sky-Link model WS100.
Its a device that you plug into an outlet and then you can plug something into it and then control the power remotely (on/off). This unit has a maximum Load as follows:
Resistive 8A(960W)
Incandescent 300W

I would like to plug the following into this outlet:
- A power strip containing 3 Adapters, that each have 4 LED puck lights which would be a total of 12 puck lights.
- Each LED puck light draws 2.6W. So a total of 31.2W.
- Each transformer is class 2 and has input :120V~ 60Hz 18VA and has output: 12V~ 1A 12VA.

So my question is:
- Can this remote-controlled outlet take the load I am putting on it.
- Is it a simple matter of the 31.2W load being much smaller than the max 300W?
- or do the transformers complicate things?
- Do I have to take the transformers into account?

Thanks

This electrical question came from: Gary, a Homeowner from Commack, NY, USA

Dave The Electrician’s Reply:
Thanks for your Electrical Wiring Question Gary.

How to Connect LED Lighting to a Remote Controlled Outlet

Gary, if your total calculated LED watt load is under the rated load of the remote outlet module then you should be fine.
The transformers consume very little power for this type of load.
If the calculated load was too high then a control circuit could be used and the actual circuit load could then be switched by a relay that would be activated by the control circuit.
- Control circuits are generally low voltage, such as the typical heating and air conditioning control circuit.

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