I want Smart Soffit Lights.

[Mark Gee]

Hi

I have outside lights in my soffit which is controlled via this timer you push the legs up of it to come on or off at which ever time you put in,

I want to make this smarter to fit in to the whole smart home genre,

I want to be able to control this on and off with either Smartthings or RF (which in turn i can control via Alexa / Google)

So i can turn off when ever i like rather than constantly programming the timer.

What will i need to have this do what i want.

(no i am not an electrician nor a joiner although the wife think’s i am all these magical people all in one) LOL

I will get a professional in to do it, just want to find out whats involved.

Thanks

 

[Octopus]

Timeguard do a switched fused spur which is Wifi enabled ..... this may do the trick ...........however I doubt it will connect to a 3rd party application ......... so I suggest you get somebody local to check it out properly

 

[Spoon]

Just did a quick Google and this came up. See if its what you want/need. There are quite a few things out there.

 

[Pete999]

Just did a quick Google and this came up. See if its what you want/need. There are quite a few things out there.

The OP will need to ensure there is a Neutral at the switch position.

 

[Spoon]

The OP will need to ensure there is a Neutral at the switch position.

According to the OP "I will get a professional in to do it." so its down to him/her.

 

[Pete999]

According to the OP "I will get a professional in to do it." so its down to him/her.

Yes Was just saying

 

[Spoon]

OP: As @Pete999 has pointed out, the switch I have posted does need a neutral. Have a work with the electrician who will be installing the switch before you buy one. They can check what wires you have.

 

[rsgaz]

The OP will need to ensure there is a Neutral at the switch position.

The one in his pic (SBSTUZHO) is mains powered, so he does have a neutral there already.

 

[littlespark]

There must be a neutral present for timeclock to work.

TPLink do a 13A socket adaptor that can be controlled directly from Alexa, no wifi hub required. They don't do a lightswitch version yet, which is strange.

 

[Pete999]

The one in his pic (SBSTUZHO) is mains powered, so he does have a neutral there already.

OK so he is already go.

 

[Mark Gee]

Thanks Guys for you suggestion,
The TP-Link, do you mean install a socket and plug in via a TP Link smart plug?
if so that sound like the better option.

 

[Spoon]

Stick a link up for the OP @littlespark .

 

[littlespark]

I saw it in a customers house while discussing other smart home products. If I find a link I’ll post it.

 

[littlespark]

HS100 | Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug | TP-Link United Kingdom - https://www.tp-link.com/uk/products/details/cat-5258_HS100.html

Optimistic, huh?

 

[PEG]

I want to live in a world,where i have nothing left at all,to worry about,apart from my WiFi remote control soffit lights ...

 

[Spoon]

The OP will need.

My reply was for the OP mate, or am I miss-reading your post?

 

[telectrix]

Smart lights:

 

[Spoon]

Smart lights:

Not quite sure what that advert is implying... It looks like its saying "This car is ideal for driving on the pavement...."

 

[littlespark]

Smart lights:

What this is saying is the vehicle can fit in a 1.66m space, but you have to exit the vehicle via the boot.