u/FoldedKettleChips

Hello! I am looking to set up a smart control arrangement for my Energy Recovery Ventilator. I am looking to monitor energy usage, turn the ERV on an off (put it in standby mode), and set it to boost (run at a higher flow rate) based on air quality monitors that I'll connect through Home Assistant. Since I am looking to achieve three main control functions, I am looking at installing three Shelly devices.

The Panasonic ERV I have is the FV-15ESC1 and it includes dry contacts that put the unit into standby and boost.

I was looking at the Shelly EM Mini Gen4 for Power Monitoring and two Shelly 1 Gen4s to control the dry contact functions on the ERV. Here is the install guide: 15ESC1450_english_ final editable. I also pasted a picture of the dry contact wiring diagram from the guide and the PCB diagram from the guide.

To keep everything essentially in the same junction box and to avoid transformers, I was going to bring a 120V AC circuit into the junction box and power all of the Shelly devices via that circuit. Then power the ERV from that circuit as well.

I dont know if there is a strong advantage to using a power source other than the 120V AC powering the ERV.

My understanding of from looking into the NEC is I can keep the dry contact wiring in the same junction box as the line voltage wiring as long as I use wiring with insulation that's rated for line voltage. I was going to use 14ga THHN for everything anyway.

Can anyone let me know if you see any glaring issues with my plan? Or if there is a simpler way to achieve my goals?

Here's My Proposed Wiring Diagram

Here are the control wiring methods from the install guide

Here's the wiring diagram of the PCB from the install guide

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u/FoldedKettleChips — 16 days ago

Hello, I am looking to set up a smart control arrangement for my Energy Recovery Ventilator. I am looking to monitor energy usage, turn the ERV on an off (put it in standby mode), and set it to boost (run at a higher flow rate) based on air quality monitors that I'll connect through Home Assistant. Since I am looking to achieve three main control functions, I am looking at installing three Shelly devices.

The Panasonic ERV I have is the FV-15ESC1 and it includes dry contacts that put the unit into standby and boost.

I was looking at the Shelly EM Mini Gen4 for Power Monitoring and two Shelly 1 Gen4s to control the dry contact functions on the ERV. Here is the install guide: 15ESC1450_english_ final editable. I also pasted a picture of the dry contact wiring diagram from the guide and the PCB diagram from the guide.

To keep everything essentially in the same junction box and to avoid transformers, I was going to bring a 120V AC circuit into the junction box and power all of the Shelly devices via that circuit. Then power the ERV from that circuit as well.

I dont know if there is a strong advantage to using a power source other than the 120V AC powering the ERV.

I also have looked at the NEC and it seems like I can keep the dry contact wiring in the same junction box as the line voltage wiring as long as I use wiring with insulation that's rated for line voltage. I was going to use 14ga THHN for everything anyway.

Can anyone let me know if you see any glaring issues with my plan? Or if there is a simpler way to achieve my goals?

Proposed Wiring Diagram

Main PCB From Install Guide

Control Wiring Methods From Install Guide

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u/FoldedKettleChips — 16 days ago