I am including pictures of my current 2 wire set up. Its just a basic old Honeywell. I dont have central aor just a furnace that I have access to.

I currently have a third gen Nest thermostat with a remote sensor in one room. Recently a need came up to maybe have an additional sensor in another room, but I believe the Nest can't run the central unit based on more than one. Does anyone know of a unit that can do this?

As I look through all of the offerings available for smart locks for doors I see standalone deadbolts and standalone entry devices. Am I missing something? Are there any entry devices and deadbolts that work together such that both will unlock together based on one code entry or fingerprint scan or face scan?

Like many others, I have an apartment that does not allow alteration/changing of locks, thermostats, etc. I am looking for a device that will go over the original deadbolt. I have seen a few brands, but poor reviews online. Anyone have a similar problem and find a solution? Photo of the lock in question for context.

I’m looking for recommendations for motorised blinds, preferably 12 / 24VDC wired. I have seen Somfy’s and PowerShades PoE option, but they don’t seem to be available in Europe atm.

Hello,

I bought 10m LEDs from ACTION and I wanted to use it for my DIY project. I cut it in 2 pieces: 5m and 5m. The first part with the original connector works perfectly, the second part seems to draw way too much current.

My questions is: Does the original connector has any resistor or some sensor that limits the current when I cut the strip? If yes then I must also add some extra resistance for the other piece in order to limit the current?

thanks for your help!

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Ok so I'm not an electrical expert, have done basic single switches and receptacles before but this is a new one for me. Also pretty new to smart home kitting.

I have a room with 3 existing dumb switches located at different parts of the room, all the toggle style. Two of them have 2 toggle switches, and the last one has 3 toggle switches. Each of these panels has a switch that controls the same ceiling light circuit in the room. I'll break those down some more below, no particular order:

• Panel A

---- Switch 1: front porch light ---- Switch 2: (shared) main room lights

• Panel B

---- switch 1: ceiling fan ---- switch 2: ceiling fan light ---- switch 3: (shared) main room lights

• Panel C

---- switch 1: kitchen light ---- switch 2: (shared) main room lights

I would like to replace these with smart switches. Preferably Matter-compatible products for the future-proof argument. Currently using some TP-Link Tapo stuff elsewhere.

I'm shopping around for switch products and trying to figure out what I need to make this work. I have found some info online about 3-way setups but I believe my situation is 4-way since the same lights can be controlled from 3 places? Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!

See pic for panel B.

Hello,

I am studying computer science at LMU Munich and am supposed to carry out a small study to practice scientific work in the field. ours is looking into the effects of IoT smart home on energy efficiency and habits in the household.

I would like to quantitatively measure the difference for smart thermostats, 1 week on/off each.
as we don't own such devices ourselves, I'd like to ask you:

1: is it possible for you to monitor the exact heating related energy consumption? (daily or weekly?)
2: can you simply deactivate your smart thermostat and continue to get comparable measurements?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Hi guys, I'm looking to install a smart switch however when I look at the current dumb switch I don't see a way to remove the cables from the current switch. I was expecting to losen some screws to pull the cables free.

I don't want to cut them in case I need to install the switch again. I live in Germany.

Any ideas how to remove these cables from the switch?

Everywhere I look people recommended Hue, but I don't know if that's just for the colours.

I only really need lights that I can change from cool to warm white. Given how expensive Hue is, I was wondering if it's worth investing in the ecosystem when I don't RGB colour.

It's for my office, so need 1 bulb for a table lamp and 1 light strip behind my monitor.

I have a mixture of smart (Wiz) bulbs and traditional decorative Edison bulbs that I want to control from the same remote. Are there any ecosystems that make a smart dimmer switch AND smart bulbs?

I currently have Wiz smart dimmer switches and they're working great but every time I try to add a new one for my hardwired wall sconces that look best with traditional long Edison bulbs, the app bugs out and I can't get it working. I have 3 different Wiz Dimmer Switches and none of them will work. Philips also appears to be dropping smart dimmers from their product lines (for some BS reason) so I'm looking to jump ship and find another ecosystem.

Does anyone have advice? I'm super frustrated because controlling/dimming smart bulbs and traditional dumb bulbs from within the same ecosystem shouldn't be so difficult. I was considering going with Hue and then getting a zigbee device that installs inside the switch box, but it seems hit or miss if the Hue bridge will play nicely with it. I just want to dim my traditional bulbs remotely 😭

I have a room that has 6 BR30 (can bulbs) on the same light switch.

There’s one right above my bed and I want to listen to music / white noise out of it at night while I sleep.

I’m thinking there’s no way to have the lightswitch off and still have the speaker work, right? I want all the lights off but the speaker to work.

Looking for recommendations for smart light switches in the UK. Looking for ones that require neutrals (will be having them fitted during rewire). Would prefer a brand where I can buy dimmers, 2-way switches, 2-gang versions etc. all from the same range/ using the same app if possible.

Would prefer WiFi ones rather than ones that require a hub.

Any recommendations very much appreciated!

I have 2, $100 each.

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Hey, so I am looking for a Smartphone around $400. For me the camera is most important thing, everything else I dont really care about. Thanks in advance for youre suggestions.

Hi everyone, I am looking for a smart/bluetooth version of this: Link

I live in an apartment building that uses smart electronic locks with keycards and I cannot modify the handle, but need to figure out a way to keep my cat from opening the door from the inside. It has a handle on the inside that opens like the one pictured

Thank you for your help

Nano leaf essentials matter, smart light trip smarter kit 80” what 2M

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**also have Aqara led strips for T1

this is the last of my Ubiquiti inventory so far & would like to just get them gone!

Make a realistic offer considering they’ve been out of stock on the website for awhile now.

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I have an iSmartGate Pro that I’ve been using with my garage doors for a long time. It continues to work GREAT! Prior to it I had MyQ, but it was unreliable, required a subscription, required internet access, etc.. not a fan at all.

I recently contacted a garage door installation/repair company and they told me none of the new garage door openers would work with it. They all have proprietary software and lock you into their app. I find this hard to believe, but plausible.

I’m not excited about changing my entire setup to try and recreate my automations, it would take a fair amount of work and I’d have to make sure all the other components of my automations integrate with it.

I’ve also been told they don’t integrate with Apple, Alexa, Google systems.

I’m hoping to get some help from the community. How much are they misleading me? Recommendations on how I might proceed?

I've found a few smart termostat that have official external sensor. None of them seems to support baseboard heating configutation.

I've found smart termostat that support baseboard heating, none of them have an official temperature sensor.

Is it possible to integrate a smart termostat and third party temperature sensor ? Does it require something like IFTTT ?

My issue is the termostat is over my desk and computer and therefore sometime it read 1-2 degree hotter than a real reading. But when I'm not at the computer there's no such bias.

I`ve contacted a few termostat manufacturer, they have been unhelpful with that.

I am building a new home and want to install all smart switches throughout.. 3 ways, dimmers and regular switch's. My last home I did Leviton (smartthings HUB for z-wave) and they were fine, had some issues in the beginning but this was about 6 years ago so much newer products then.. Didn't feel like doing another HUB, thought wifi switches would be easier way to go, already bought Google Nest Wifi pucks..

I was all set on Tp-Link and was thinking their Kasa brand over Tapo which requires a HUB but now I am reading about the US Gov going after them, possible banning due to hackers, Chinese brand, etc.. Don't want to get stuck with a brand that won't be available..

My back-up choice was either Leviton or Lutron Caseta.. Any other input or advice? I know Smartthings is now Aeotec and might just go that route since I will have many other devices, locks, GDO, Camera, Auto Shades, etc.. Already have a Nest doorbell and Nest thermostats, some smart plugs (Wyze and Wemo) and going all Sonos this time (kinda worried about them staying in business too).. I am all Google Home as well as Android (Pixel user)..

sorry for the rambling but back to light switches, lol.. thoughts?

So i own a Philips Hue led strip that i had to cut of a small part of for my TV shelf and now want to add a similar light to one of my display shelfs, can i use the small cut of part as its own Unit? Is there some Philips Hue extra contact one can attach to it somehow? Have searched around a bit and don't find anything aside of the basic connectors you can use to connect one strip to another so far.

Hi,

So I recently moved in to a house that i will be renting for the next 2 years. In my old place I had Sonoff Mini R2 and 2 Sonoff R3's behind my rocker switches to control my lights.

However, this house is a bit older and it seems there is no boks behind the switches. They are mostly just placed directly into the wooden doorframe through a round hole. They are LK Fuga switches similar to this:

https://www.wattoo.dk/lk-fuga-korrespondance-afbryder-1-modul-hvid-udgaaet-1017054491?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA65m7BhAwEiwAAgu4JLSZf3EGYWvUl7DUUCXBhwri1mnYMwYN9-gzWcPxwUisZAcTkREzoRoCwWcQAvD_BwE

I cannot even fit the Sonoff Mini R2 through the hole it is mounted in, without taking off the casing and I cannot really fit it behind the switch.

I was wondering if there are any recommendations for switches i can just swap 1:1 with the original. I do prefer rocker switches or something with a form of feedback. Preferably wifi controlled.