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Help Me Satisfy My Wife Using HA (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by afk_strats@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I have an early 2000s house and they went wild with a) the sheer number of wall switches and b) the number of 3-way switches. I want to replace a good number of them while accepting my wife's requirement that they look and function as dumb paddle switches when necessary.

I've looked around and these seem to be the best at fitting all of my requirements but Mama Mia, the price ๐Ÿ˜ญ ๐Ÿ˜ญ ๐Ÿ˜ญ ๐Ÿ˜ญ

https://www.amazon.com/Inovelli-2-1-Smart-Switch-Dimmer/dp/B0BG329SH3

Anyone have some suggestions?

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[โ€“] Deello@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not the most elegant solution but have you looked at Shelly devices? They are smart relays that connect to your switches in the wall. They connect via Wi-Fi, cloud optional. Newer ones are supposed to support things like Threads and Matter. What I love about them is that you can use any switch you want.

[โ€“] afk_strats@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have looked at these and I am seriously considering them especially with newly-announced ZigBee compatibility.. This is the trulyb"stealth" and I think cheapest option

[โ€“] Distributed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Don't go the WiFi route. Go Z wave for sure

[โ€“] afk_strats@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Roger. I'm leaning away from wifi