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> You can tie it to sensors, like a door ajar sensor to automatically turn on when you open a closet and back off after. This is very simple to do without wifi
by smolder 3y ago
> You can tie it to sensors, like a door ajar sensor to automatically turn on when you open a closet and back off after.
This is very simple to do without wifi. Refrigerators have been doing it a long time.
- arcticbull 3y agoWell when I can stack my coats in a refrigerator, I'll be sure to let you know. The nice thing is that as an individual you can do everything with a screwdriver on a weekend.
- vel0city 3y agoI just put my closet lights on a motion sensor, it was like $10 to do once. No wifi needed.
- arcticbull 3y agoNobody said it was necessary. It's significantly more challenging to get the light to turn on based on time of day, or darkness outside, or to dim by changing color temperature without WiFi/Bluetooth/Zigbee/Thread though. Not to mention fun stuff like getting your bathroom exhaust to turn on when you enter the bathroom then off 10 minutes later. None of this is strictly necessary, of course. But it is a lot of fun.
- vel0city 3y agohttps://www.lowes.com/pd/Enerlites-Dual-Tech-Humidity-Sensor-Switch-Infrared-PIR-Motion-and-Air-Moisture-Detection-Bathroom-Fan-and-Light-Control-Adjustable-Timing-NEUTRAL-WIRE-REQUIRED-UL-Listed-DWHOS-W-White/5002134313 https://www.lowes.com/pd/Enerlites-Dual-Tech-Humidity-Sensor... $60, no wifi, it'll do lights and fan, and it'll trigger on humidity as well as person in room. I'll take that any day over something that needs to rely on MQTT and home assistant.
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