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Shame this uses WiFi rather than Power line networking; I'm sure it would be more efficient and future proof.
by alexchamberlain 14y ago
Shame this uses WiFi rather than Power line networking; I'm sure it would be more efficient and future proof.
- watty 14y agoThis "just works". Power line networking would require a wireless device plugged in the wall in order to control the lights from a phone.
- Karunamon 14y agoIt's pretty wasteful though. That's a lot of useful wifi gear being thrown out with every spent bulb.. It would probably be more efficient (and cheaper for more than one or two bulbs) for them to handle all of the logic and wireless in a single powerline wall wart and then have the bulbs be dumb listeners on that.
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- JosephRedfern 14y agoI was thinking the same. Could it be to do with the lighting circuit being separate to the wall-socket circuits?
- alexchamberlain 14y agoThat's a good point; I honestly don't know. I suspect that it would be fine as I suspect circuit breakers allow a reasonable frequency through and it's the main isolator that protects the outside world from your powerlines tech. I may be completely wrong.
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