<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">FWIW, I am a big fan of motion sensors in the shop but have had the same problem with the lights going out when I’m doing something that doesn’t trigger the sensor. My patch was to put a smart bulb in wall plug fixture. When I get caught in the dark I just ask Alexa to "turn on the backup light.” That is just a patch because I am too cheap to replace a perfectly good switch; I will eventually put in a smart motion sensor switch and that should solve all my needs.<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 18, 2023, at 11:06 PM, Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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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.
<br><br>
-Steve<br><br>
At 10:17 PM 1/18/2023, Al Fuller wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" 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="mailto:strovato@optonline.net">strovato@optonline.net</a>
> wrote:<br>
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<dd>I find that lights and other things keep getting left on in my <br>
</dd><dd>garage/shop that should be turned off. If I leave the garage
door <br>
</dd><dd>open, I get notifications on my phone from my opener. I'm
looking <br>
</dd><dd>for something like that for my lights. I can use something
like a <br>
</dd><dd>smart bulb or smart plug on a circuit controlled by a wall
switch. I <br>
</dd><dd>can see if the smart device is alive or if power to it has been <br>
</dd><dd>cut. I can also replace that wall switch with a smart
switch. I can <br>
</dd><dd>then see the status of that switch. What I don't seem to be
able to <br>
</dd><dd>do is tell it to send me a notification if the light has been on for
<br>
</dd><dd>more than an hour. I have looked at a few smart switches,
smart <br>
</dd><dd>bulbs and smart plugs. Obviously, I haven't checked them
all.  None <br>
</dd><dd>seem to support doing this. I thought maybe IFTTT would help,
but I <br>
</dd><dd>haven't figured out how to do it. Do any of you have any <br>
</dd><dd>ideas? Also, I know I could use timers, motion sensors, etc to
<br>
</dd><dd>control things. That would be another way to go. Right
now, I just <br>
</dd><dd>want a notification based on being turned on for an amount of
time. Thanks.<br><br>
</dd><dd>-Steve T.<br><br>
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