[Shop-talk] Lights bulbs that are 'connected'

[Peter Murray]

The interesting result I have with dimmable LED lights is that when my
Lutron Maestro dimmers are at 0, I still have a little bit of light. It
makes for a not-unpleasant "nightlight" effect in several bathrooms in the
house, including the Shop!

I too use X10 (all bought in 1999 or so), and am planning to implement Home
Assistant (as a container on my NAS), and need to start picking up some
control hardware. What does this Big Brain Trust recommend? I'm looking for
dusk-to-dawn sensors, controllable light switches (preferably similar in
behavior to my Lutron Maestro switches), telemetry gear (for
temperature/humidity, occupancy, etc). Voice control would be a super
bonus, but I want all of the control to be local, so no Alexa or similar.

-Peter

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 9:46 PM <jem at milleredp.com> wrote:

> On 2021-03-09 15:05, Mark Miller wrote:
> > Different bulbs will work differently but almost any dimmable LEDs
> > should be fine to use.  Get one and try it.  The non-dimmable ones may
> > act strangely with the 'trickle' of connection you get with in line
> > control like the x10.
>
> X10 relies on a very low current.  Many LEDs do as well.  Not always a
> perfect mix.  Yeah, experimentation.
>
> John.
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