I’m looking to replace a few in-wall light switches for lights that are not easily replaced with smart bulbs. I currently use Home Assistant with z2m for all my smart lights and switches, so zigbee switches would be preferred. Does anyone have recommendations for smart in-wall switches?

  • Zadhu@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Anyone in Australia, as an electrician, the best option is Clipsal Wiser switches, dimmers, relays etc.

    Zigbee that defaults to standard push button operation when the network drops out.

    If using HA you DO NOT need to purchase the hub that they say is required to use the switches.

  • dmtalon@infosec.pubEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Been using enbrighten switches from Jasco. I use their Zwave but I think they have ZigBee too.

    I use the ones that look like toggle switches over the paddle style to match the rest of the house .

    I have them on all our bathroom fans too so they can be left on (steam / smell disposal) and auto shut off after 30 min.

    • aion@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I’m think about putting them on bathroom fans as well. It would be really nice to have them automatically turn on/off based on humidity.

      • dmtalon@infosec.pubEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I had a humidity switch in ours a while ago (not smart) and it would turn on too much even if a shower wasn’t running but our windows were open. And, enough humidity was in the air. So that didn’t work out great.

        It was a self contained deal not a smart switch though

        • aion@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I got the enbrighten switches set up on the bathroom fan. After a few months of observing the humidity changes I settled on triggering the fan based on the derivative of the humidity. I found that 2%/s with 2min of averaging works well, no false positives so far.