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That is true for some switches made by fly-by-night Silicon Valley companies. Especially the ones that need a Wifi connection to work. The ones I use are made
by deepspace 4y ago
That is true for some switches made by fly-by-night Silicon Valley companies. Especially the ones that need a Wifi connection to work.
The ones I use are made by Lutron, who has a long history of making conventional light switches. They act just like normal switches, and I could sell my house without the home automation system, and it would be perfectly functional for the new owner.
Having carefully designs home automation brings lots of little conveniences. When I walk into a room when it is dark, the light automatically turns on. When it becomes cloudy during the day, lights in the darker living areas turn on. When I go to bed, I press one button, and all the lights in the house turn off, and the motion sensors are disabled. Another button press in the morning re-enables the sensors and turns on the lights in all the "morning activity" areas of the house.
Bottom line is that I seldom have to press a light switch. I always automagically have light when and where I need it.
- WalterBright 4y ago> Bottom line is that I seldom have to press a light switch I just don't think of it as a burden. I don't think about it at all. My hand goes up to the switch. I know I don't think about it, because when the power goes out my hand still automatically turns the switch on, even when I'm carrying a lamp. There's a second where I blink wonderering why the light didn't go on. I have some 1-watt LED lights plugged in and on all the time, so I don't fall down the stairs. I figure the 1 watt is less than the power draw of motion detectors, etc.
- nostromo123 4y agoYeah, pressing a light switch is a huge strain on the body and mind ;-) Lolz aside, as an engineer, the main turnoff for me is not the privacy, though that is a concern, but the introduction of complexity. I like my house like I like my software: clean and minimalistic :)