🆕 blog! “Adventures with ultra-cheap ZigBee lightbulbs”
The people who built my kitchen were idiots. They designed it to be lit with a dozen recessed GU10 spotlights. That's not so terrible - GU10 LED bulbs are only about £1 each - but because I am a bigger idiot, I decided I wanted remote-controlled bulbs. And ZigBee bulbs are expensive! Five years ago, […]
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@Edent now cost isn't a factor, they just need them to return to a default on state when powered off and on again, so work with existing dumb switches too and I'd be sold
@falken they do. Or, at least, these ones do.
@Edent why did I think the stnd default after power on was off and uncommunicative? And you still need some sort of bridge/hub to talk to them from a phone?
@falken it depends. The WiFi ones don't need a hub. I have Lifx bulbs and they each have an IP address on my WiFi network. When they are powered off then on, they light up and connect.
ZigBee bulbs need a hub.
I don't think I've *ever* had a smart bulb that defaulted to off.
@Edent ohhh... Plan then. Order some cheap ZigBee RGB smart bulbs and install as direct replacement for dumb bulbs.
Save up for a USB ZigBee hub, and then play with #homeassistant in Docker later.
Should pass the Significant Other test if light switches still work
