Hi, I have four Philips Hue bulbs at the bedside and a Hue hub that have been running forever with no issues. We control it with Alexa, and also have the add-on Hue switches. We don’t want to change the Hue setup at all as it works great. The kitchen has 15 off MR16 low voltage spotlight bulbs and …

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[image] John_Duffy: Can anyone with experience of this please advise on my options, with pros and cons if possible I would advise you not to use smart bulbs. Use a zigbee dimmer module to control your dumb bulbs instead. Pros: cheaper continues to work manually if HA is down visitors under…

You are correct about the cost, but my hue lights work perfectly fine using using the light switch as well as using the Amazon echo (as long as the light switch stays ‘on’) or using the Hue app, or using Home Assistant. They also worked with Smartthings, but after adding Z-wave to HA, I no longer ne…

[image] JEBradley: but my hue lights work perfectly fine using using the light switch How? If you cut power to a smart bulb it will be unavailable in home assistant, it will not be able to be controlled by HA and will log errors.

If I cut power to my lights with a dumb switch, they indeed can’t be controlled by Home Assistant, because there’s no power to the lights. But if I flip the switch and the power is resumed, the lights turn on (the behavior of the bulb after power loss can be programed by the Hue app.) regardless of …

You can combine smart switches with smart bulbs and have the best of both worlds, although the cost goes up.

Sample at my kitchen was 8 legacy lights that i couldnt find any nice alternative for. So i got a ecobee dimmer to have it fully controllable. see all kinds of alternatives, including led drivers. [image] Zigbee dimmer kopen? Bekijk onze uitgebreide collectie aan Zigbee LED dimmers Zigb…

If you’re thinking of a wider Zigbee network, powering off lights will stop other devices working. They need to be powered all the time to relay messages from sensors etc.

Thanks Tom… I have a variety of LED drivers (5 in total) for my 15 bulbs, necessitated on layout. Would the Zigbee dimmer be able to work with that setup?

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jackjourneyman (Jack) September 24, 2025, 11:29pm 3