Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/15/20 9:49 AM, Justan O. wrote:
On 11/15/20 8:57 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
Â*In addition to the motion detector security floods around the house,
we have exterior garage and front porch lights that are on switch
timers. I bought and installed these about 15 years ago. They are a
pain in the ass with the tiny screens built into switches that no one
really has the eyesight to see.

So, I saw and bought a couple of replacement switches that are
controllable by iPhone, ALEXA, whatever. Easy to install, easy to read
screen on the iPhone or other device. Work via wi-fi. Despite my
innate klutziness, I installed each switch in about 10 minutes and
once I installed the app on my iPhone, I "programmed" then in a couple
of minutes. Came on at 5 pm and shut off at 6 am. Hot damn.

There are many brands of these switches available on Amazon. The cheap
ones all look pretty much alike and of course they are manufactured in
China. Mine were $12 and change each.



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*Lock Trump Up!*

You are probably the last individual in the group to embrace this
technology. Hint: program them to come on at dusk. I applaud you for
challenging your inate klutziness. Keep up the good work.

I might be. The timers I originally installed worked ok, but were a pain
in the ass to reset if I wanted a change, but not enough of a pain in
the ass to bother changing them. I stumbled across their replacements
while searching for a couple of three-way switches.


Timers always seemed to fail. I installed LED a porch light and deck
lights that have dusk to dawn sensors. Deck lights I just turn on the
switch when I need them and if dark they turn on. Porch light the same,
but always on switch. Why screw with wifi **** on simple stuff.