Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

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Does some kind of wireless light switch exist? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Sargaxon@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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Hey all,

I have a 4 way regular combined light switches on my left, one of which turns on the kitchen light:

The problem is, my kitchen is on the right side of the hallway, so every time I have to go left to turn on the lights.

https://preview.redd.it/bz3qlgtwr22c1.png?width=455&format=png&auto=webp&s=a05d772c9275b5330d7e32b628c3f6f103a26966

I would like to put an additional light switch on the right side of the hall, at the entrance to the kitchen, without having to drill the walls and put additional cable.

Is there some kind of wireless light switch paired with something I could put in front of my lightbulb cable that could work in complement to the existing light switch? I don't want wi-fi solutions, it would be stupid not to be able to turn on lights when internet is down.

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[–] datageek9@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Options in Europe include

LightwaveRF : UK based, quite expensive but a very nice looking range of electronic dimmers that are a straight replacement for light switches, including the 4-gang double width switch in your picture . You can then add similar looking wireless switches anywhere you want. Requires dimmable bulbs.
Philips Hue as others have said. You would replace all your bulbs with Hue, and then you have two choices: wire all the circuits to be permanently on, replace the switch with a blanking plate and use Hue wireless switches to control them, or use Hue smart switch modules that are wired to your existing switch (this requires one module per circuit, so can cause issues with available space in the back box).

Both of these use local radio comms that still works when your Internet is down.

[–] Sargaxon@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Thank you for the detailed response, much appreciated!

After reading several other responses, I came to the conclusion that using things via ZigBee might be the best option in the long run, so I can modularly build everything without having to rely on a single vendor.