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Boy Genius Strikes Again
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. -- *Lock Trump Up!* |
#2
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On 11/15/20 8:57 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
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. -- *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. |
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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. -- *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. -- *Lock Trump Up!* |
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On 11/15/20 11:35 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/15/20 9:49 AM, Justan O. wrote: On 11/15/20 8:57 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: *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. -- *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. -- *Lock Trump Up!* Three way switches are a little too deep for you unless you are just replacing one. |
#5
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On 11/15/20 11:53 AM, Justan O. wrote:
On 11/15/20 11:35 AM, 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. -- *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. -- *Lock Trump Up!* Three way switches are a little too deep for you unless you are just replacing one. Oh, that must be the explanation for the ones I installed last week are working properly. -- *Lock Trump Up!* |
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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. -- *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. |
#7
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On 11/15/20 12:07 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/15/20 11:53 AM, Justan O. wrote: On 11/15/20 11:35 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 11/15/20 9:49 AM, Justan O. wrote: On 11/15/20 8:57 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: *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. -- *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. -- *Lock Trump Up!* Three way switches are a little too deep for you unless you are just replacing one. Oh, that must be the explanation for the ones I installed last week are working properly. -- *Lock Trump Up!* I doubt you could run the wiring and hook up 3 way switches. Just replacing switches is something your cat could do. |
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On 11/15/20 1:00 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Söze wrote: On 11/15/20 9:49 AM, Justan O. wrote: On 11/15/20 8:57 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: *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. -- *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. Because you can. |
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On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 11:35:05 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 11/15/20 9:49 AM, Justan O. wrote: On 11/15/20 8:57 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: *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. -- *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. Buy bulbs which come on at dusk. Problem solved. Dummy. -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 18:00:43 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: Keyser Söze wrote: On 11/15/20 9:49 AM, Justan O. wrote: On 11/15/20 8:57 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: *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. -- *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. That's what I've got. Work great! -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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