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"keithr0" <user@account.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On 4/4/2017 11:15 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
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>>
>> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:ekg9q5F68ujU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> On Tuesday, 4 Apr 2017 10:04 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "felix" <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:ekg5amF5go6U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> On Tuesday, 4 Apr 2017 9:37 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>> What the hell do I call one of these so I can order
>>>>>> similar items on aliexpress or ebay or amazon ?
>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/n0k9kf6a96eyid3/File%204-4-17%2C%2009%2023%2045.jpeg?dl=0
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't get anything like it with <E27 base> etc
>>>>
>>>>> do you mean the globe or the holder?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, the holder.
>>>>
>>>> And the answer is <portable floodlight PAR38> or <portable work light
>>>> PAR38>
>>>> with ebay. Not clear what works with aliexpress yet.
>>>>
>>>>> it's a LED globe isn't it?
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, one of those fancy Philips Hue 16M color LED lights.
>>>> Allows you to set any color temp you like for white which
>>>> is the main reason I got them, not for the colors so much.
>>>> Fully wifi and bluetooth controllable, fully programmable
>>>> and controllable from your phone or whatever.
>>>
>>> wow. never heard of them. what do you need it for?
>>
>> Lights for the entire house.
>>
>> I want to completely automate the lights so I never need
>> to switch anything, just walk around and have the system
>> work out what lights need to be on at what level and to
>> have the lights changing even when I'm not there so it
>> looks like someone is home when no one is etc.
>
> A cheaper alternative (you do have to ditch the Chinese firmware and do a 
> bit of work yourself)
>
> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Wifi-Smart-Switch-Remote-Control-Controller-Sonoff-Home-Automation-Intelligent-Timer-Switch-DIY-Via-Mobile-Phone/32781487309.html

Doesn’t have anything like the same choice of apps
for the phone to allow the more fancy programming.

For example, first thing in the morning, while its still dark even
in summer, I want the system to notice I have got up, fade the
bedroom light up in a second or so so I don’t get dazzled, up
to 100% so I can read the scales, turn the normal house lights
on full so I can walk to the kitchen without breaking my neck
tripping over stuff. Turn the kitchen lights on full so I can do
the basic stuff like toast the great slab of toast that is my only
'breakfast', rinse out the two stubbys or one long neck from
the night before while waiting for the toast to cook. After
a fixed time turn the bedroom light off and the kitchen
lights off. Fade the main seat light back to 80% because
100% is a bit too bright. Then have that fade to off as the
sun comes up. And have another motion /light sensor in
the kitchen which turns the lights on during the day in a
heavily overcast day when it’s a bit dark for doing stuff.

And another motion/light level sensor in the room where
I do the brewing and distilling so there is always the right
level of light in there. And a decent backlight where I
bottle the beer so I can see the level in the stubbys or
long necks when I start bottling before the sun comes up.

Much more convenient to program all that in the best of
the phone apps and to be able to do a 'hey siri, kitchen on'
etc with the lights as I play around setting things up before
I have got any reliable and fast motion sensors/light sensors etc.

I havent actually used a single physical switch since getting
the first of the Hue lights to see how well they work in practice.
Trivial to change the color temp too. 

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