I’m sure that’s very frustrating – – What exact problems are you seeing?
Many people use the on/off plugs with Christmas lights, you can find lots of examples of that on the quick browse list for holidays in the project report section:
http://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=How_to_Quick_Browse_the_Community-Created_SmartApps_Forum_Section#Quick_Browse_Links_for_Project_Reports.2FQuestions
A switch with dimmer capability probably won’t work with Christmas lights as the draw is not high enough.
Other than that, the most commonly reported problems in the past has been the lights not turning all the way off when the switch was turned off.
Hi everyone, i’m hoping some of you electrical experts could chime in with your suggestions and advice.
To give you some background info, I purchased a Leviton DZS15 light switch a few days ago to replace the switch that controls my exterior porch soffit outlet. This outlet is intended to wire Christmas lights. I figured switching this to a smart switch would be a great solution as i could setup a schedule through smartthings to turn my Christmas lights on and off.
I wired it up last night and got it all paired up with smartthings and it works great (scheduled on/off works awesome).
I did notice though this evening when i got home and before the lights were scheduled to turn on that my christmas lights appeared to be on but very dim. I’d say 10-20% of the original power of when it actua…
That seems to just depend on the model of switch, with some switches having a problem and some not.