Iāve had this problem since I purchased LIFX bulbs for my kitchen and dining room. I canāt use the wall switch and it is killing me. I had an idea today, likely someone here already thought of itā¦
If I get a wemo light switch
Hardwire the kitchen lights on, but in parallel hook up the wemo switch to physically do nothing. So, hardware the lights on, but also wire the line to the wemo black wire, and the white wemo wire to the neutral. Using CoRE I can make a rule that if the switch āchangesā to toggle the lights in the kitchen. Iāve already tested out the logic with two wemo plugs, it works great. Now I just need to try it out with real wemo wall switches. It isnāt cheap, but I think it is better than having switches on the wall you canāt use. Iāll admit it wonāt solve my dimming issue, but I can use the app or echo for that if needed.
BTW - If you are wondering why I donāt try using the Aeon Labs wall switch, well I want it to look like a real switch. Thatās whyā¦
What do you guys thing?