Dimmer switch and zigbee connected bulbs?

[AndyWenzel]

Hello,

I have a scenario where I have a light fixture with 4 cree connected bulbs. I don’t have a good on-off switch for this fixture. I was thinking of installing a GE switch that would be smart enough to turn off/on the connected bulbs. My questions is: Could I use a GE Smart Dimmer Switch to also dim the lights?

[AndyWenzel]

That’s exactly what I mean. Even after syncing with CoRE, how could I use
the switch as a dimmer or would this not be possible?

[JDRoberts]

Your Cree bulbs are zigbee, right? Not Wi-Fi.

In any case, one of the advantages of smartthings as a multiprotocol platform is that you can use any switch that works with smartthings and have it control those lights. That’s pretty common. The switch will talk to the hub and the Hub will talk to the lights. (As @anon36505037 mentioned, just don’t have the switch control the current flow to the bulbs. Do the communication wirelessly.)

See the following thread:

FAQ: How to add a second wall dimmer without wiring?

I’m looking for a solution to the following problem: Our kitchen is rectangular and has two entrances on opposite sides of the room. Unfortunately, only one entrance has a wall dimmer to control the kitchen lights. As both entrances are used relatively equally, we’d like to have dimmers at both entrances to avoid having to walk across a dark room to turn on the light (causes more accidents than you’d think). We could obviously install 3-way dimmers to solve our problem, but after a long renovation, we’d prefer a solution that doesn’t involve fishing new wires every which way and paying expensive labor costs for an electrician to do this. We also want the two dimmers to work with ST. After some research, we believe the Lutron Caseta with Pico Wireless Remote Kit would solve our problem, as…

Also, this:

Programmable z wave, in-wall remote switch

I’m new to z wave. Here’s my situation: I have a ceiling fan in my bedroom that has regular lights and separate decorative lights. The power runs to that fixture with a 14-2 romex that sends power to switch from fixture on black and back to power fan and lights on white. Here’s what I did: installed a GE fan control switch inside the fan shroud wired with mains power, a enerwave zwn-rsm2 in the lighting kit which is also powered by the mainstream and used load 1 for main lights and load 2 for decorative lights. I also rearranged the wiring to the switchbox; now it has a hot and neutral in it, both wire nutted off. I want to install a remote switch there that will act as a repeater and can be programed to just turn only the lights on and off. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[JDRoberts]

As far as using the switch as a dimmer, it works the same way The switches work when they do control the load – – you tap the switch repeatedly to change the dim level, or with a few switches you can press and hold.

So it’s different than the dial that many people are used to for a dimmer, but it’s just the way these switches work because they are digital, not analog.

[AndyWenzel]

JDRoberts,

Correct, I’ll be using a GE smart dimmer switch without the load connected.

This will be controlling 4 cree light bulbs in a fixture. Oops just remembered, these bulbs are actually Phillips hue bulbs.

[LoganMarshall1 (Logan Marshall)]

Sengled element plus are the first bulbs thay are completely certified to be used with majority of regular dimmer switches. Enjoy!!!

Sengled Smart LED Tunable White A19 Bulb

[Mooseknuckle]

way to resurrect a year old thread lmfaoooooo smh

However what you posted may redeem that lol. Cool