220 volts Things

[JDRoberts]

Phillips makes different models of their bulbs. Some will work with 110 V only, some will work with 220. The 220v models are sold in both the South American and the EU markets, so you just have to find a source for the ones that will work with your voltage.

It is best to use them with the hue bridge. While it is technically possible to connect a Hue bulb directly to the smartthings hub, it can cause problems with the zigbee network. Using them with the Hue bridge is the only officially supported method.

FAQ: Best smart light bulbs to use [2015]

An update for Fall 2017: Zigbee Bulbs that Can Lose Messages from Your Other Devices Over the last year, a number of network problems have been reviewed by both community members and SmartThings staff, and it’s now been established that some, but not all, zigbee lightbulbs when connected directly to the SmartThings hub Will be marked by the network as available repeaters, but will in fact fail to pass on some messages from some of your other zigbee devices. This can make it seem, for example, like an open/close sensor is failing to report when in fact it is reporting, but the bulb is not passing the message on. Cree bulbs seem to work OK if you have less than 10, but can start dropping messages if you have more. This is an extremely annoying problem and one tha…