Philips HUE and Fibaro Dimmer

[JDRoberts]

So the Lounge lights are not hues? Just a regular switch?

That does make it tricky.

There are some people who have designed nice cases that fit over an existing switch, but you would have to add network control for the lounge lights as well. It’s possible, but a little complicated.

Design for a frame & cover to let you "replace" a light switch with no changes to electrical wiring needed

Hello everyone! Here in the UK we don’t normally have a neutral wire in the wall boxes behind light switches so that rules out replacing light switches with “smart” switches directly without extra costs. However, you can get battery powered switches, but if you’re like me you don’t want to have two sets of switches and have someone accidentally turn the lights off at the wall using the original switch… This way you can put a z-wave relay up in the ceiling connected to live, Earth and neutral and then toggle the lights on and off w from the battery switch or your phone via ST app. So I’ve designed a cover (the central item in the render below) that fits over the manual light switch, is held in place with magnets and provides a mount for a z-wave battery operated switch: [image] The g…