Course
Installer starter course.
Survey a home, retrofit a switchboard without surprises, plan the loads, and hand over a room the client can run. Five short lessons written for Indian homes.
Beginner · 5 lessons · about 24 min of reading · Free
By Abhi Bavishi, Founder, Smartify
Technical review pending for some or all lessons
What you will learn
- Run a site survey and write up what you found before you quote
- Find out what is really in a switch box, including the neutral question
- Choose between replacing a switch and adding a relay module
- Match modules to real loads such as LED lamps, pumps and geysers
- Test, document and hand over so the client can run it
- Know what you should not promise a client
Course content.
5 lessons · about 24 min
1 Smart-Home Site Survey: Checklist and Template for Indian Homes 6 min
A step-by-step site survey for a smart-home quote or design: what to collect, what to measure room by room, how to audit the switchboard and network, and which red flags to write down before you price anything.
Open this lesson →2 Smart Switches Without a Neutral Wire: What Works in Indian Switchboards 4 min
Many Indian switch boxes carry only the live and the switched live, with no neutral. Learn what a neutral does, the options when it is missing, why LEDs flicker or glow, and what to check before you quote.
Open this lesson →3 Retrofitting Existing Switchboards: Relay Modules vs Replacing Switches, and Fixing LED Flicker and Ghosting 4 min
How to choose between a smart switch that replaces the old one and a relay module behind it, what to survey on each board, and how to find the cause of LED flicker, glow and buzzing before you swap parts at random.
Open this lesson →4 Load Planning for Smart Homes: Relay Ratings, Motors, Pumps, Geysers and AC 4 min
How to turn a site survey into a load schedule you can check against module ratings: what resistive, lighting and motor loads do differently, why starting current matters, and when a contactor belongs between the smart module and the load.
Open this lesson →5 Commissioning and Handover Checklist for Smart-Home Projects 6 min
A gate-by-gate checklist for the last week of a smart-home job: naming and labelling, function and failure tests, security, backups, owner training, acceptance and the handover pack. Works for wireless, Matter and KNX systems.
Open this lesson →Before you start
- No smart-home experience needed.
- Mains work stays with a qualified electrician. The lessons say where.
- A phone is enough. The checklists are made for it.
Who this is for
Electricians and installers who are starting to fit smart switches, relays and sensors, and the people who quote and manage those jobs.