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Not a good look!
________________
Best Regards,
Al Fuller
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 8:08 PM Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net> wrote=
:
> Yes, as I said, timers and motion sensors is another way to go. I have
> done that in other areas. If I'm working under the car one evening, I
> really don't want the light to go out. Then I'd have to crawl out in the
> dark and flap my arms like a bird to trip the sensor. I don't think that
> would be best for this location.
>
> -Steve
>
> At 10:17 PM 1/18/2023, Al Fuller wrote:
>
> This doesn't address your question about notification, but how about a
> motion sensor for the lights? Once you aren't there for a period of time
> the lights shut off.
>
> ________________
> Best Regards,
> Al Fuller
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 6:46 PM Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net >
> wrote:
> I find that lights and other things keep getting left on in my
> garage/shop that should be turned off.=C3=82 If I leave the garage door
> open, I get notifications on my phone from my opener.=C3=82 I'm looking
> for something like that for my lights.=C3=82 I can use something like a
> smart bulb or smart plug on a circuit controlled by a wall switch.=C3=82 =
I
> can see if the smart device is alive or if power to it has been
> cut.=C3=82 I can also replace that wall switch with a smart switch.=C3=
=82 I can
> then see the status of that switch.=C3=82 What I don't seem to be able t=
o
> do is tell it to send me a notification if the light has been on for
> more than an hour.=C3=82 I have looked at a few smart switches, smart
> bulbs and smart plugs.=C3=82 Obviously, I haven't checked them all.=C3=
=82 =C3=82 None
> seem to support doing this.=C3=82 I thought maybe IFTTT would help, but =
I
> haven't figured out how to do it.=C3=82 Do any of you have any
> ideas?=C3=82 Also, I know I could use timers, motion sensors, etc to
> control things.=C3=82 That would be another way to go.=C3=82 Right now,=
I just
> want a notification based on being turned on for an amount of time.=C3=82
> Thanks.
>
> -Steve T.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Not a good look!=C2=A0<br><br><div data-smartmail=3D"gmai=
l_signature">________________<br>Best Regards,<br>Al Fuller</div></div><br>=
<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Ja=
n 18, 2023, 8:08 PM Steven Trovato <<a href=3D"mailto:strovato@optonline=
.net">strovato@optonline.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-l=
eft:1ex">
<div>
Yes, as I said, timers and motion sensors is another way to go.=C2=A0 I
have done that in other areas.=C2=A0 If I'm working under the car one
evening, I really don't want the light to go out.=C2=A0 Then I'd ha=
ve to
crawl out in the dark and flap my arms like a bird to trip the
sensor.=C2=A0 I don't think that would be best for this location.=C2=A0
<br><br>
-Steve<br><br>
At 10:17 PM 1/18/2023, Al Fuller wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">This doesn't address your
question about notification, but how about a motion sensor for the
lights? Once you aren't there for a period of time the lights shut
off.<br><br>
________________<br>
Best Regards,<br>
Al Fuller<br><br>
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 6:46 PM Steven Trovato
<<a href=3D"mailto:strovato@optonline.net"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nore=
ferrer">strovato@optonline.net</a>
> wrote:<br>
<dl>
<dd>I find that lights and other things keep getting left on in my <br>
<dd>garage/shop that should be turned off.=C3=82=C2=A0 If I leave the garag=
e
door <br>
<dd>open, I get notifications on my phone from my opener.=C3=82=C2=A0 I'=
;m
looking <br>
<dd>for something like that for my lights.=C3=82=C2=A0 I can use something
like a <br>
<dd>smart bulb or smart plug on a circuit controlled by a wall
switch.=C3=82=C2=A0 I <br>
<dd>can see if the smart device is alive or if power to it has been <br>
<dd>cut.=C3=82=C2=A0 I can also replace that wall switch with a smart
switch.=C3=82=C2=A0 I can <br>
<dd>then see the status of that switch.=C3=82=C2=A0 What I don't seem t=
o be
able to <br>
<dd>do is tell it to send me a notification if the light has been on for
<br>
<dd>more than an hour.=C3=82=C2=A0 I have looked at a few smart switches,
smart <br>
<dd>bulbs and smart plugs.=C3=82=C2=A0 Obviously, I haven't checked the=
m
all.=C3=82=C2=A0 =C3=82 None <br>
<dd>seem to support doing this.=C3=82=C2=A0 I thought maybe IFTTT would hel=
p,
but I <br>
<dd>haven't figured out how to do it.=C3=82=C2=A0 Do any of you have an=
y <br>
<dd>ideas?=C3=82=C2=A0 Also, I know I could use timers, motion sensors, etc=
to
<br>
<dd>control things.=C3=82=C2=A0 That would be another way to go.=C3=82=C2=
=A0 Right
now, I just <br>
<dd>want a notification based on being turned on for an amount of
time.=C3=82=C2=A0 Thanks.<br><br>
<dd>-Steve T.<br><br>
<br>
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