set it up and and now it shows up last seen. the switch is indeed offline when lights are off. I will try the capacitor see if it fixes it. thanks for help!
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Not a problem! Happy to help! (major props to @Sir_Goodenough. I would have never thought about something like that).
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I will definitively mark the post as solution. i just wanted to test it first, and I am not at home currently.
In the meantime do you think all the no neutral switches would require the capacitor? The old Wifi ones I had before, were not working at all without it, they kept flashing.
With the one use now, Aqara E1, it does work better without the capacitor. In relay mode it works normal. Only on decoupled more I have the issue explained.
Reason I am asking this is because Aqara has a better quality switch H1, which I was wondering if would also require the capacitor.
It depends on the resistance of the bulb and the specific switch power requirements. If the devices are in they do use a tiny amount of power but I have no idea how much, Other that that there is no downside to them being there that I know of.
Just installed the capacitor and it works well now. Thank you for helping!
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Hello! What capacitor did you use? And where? In front of the switch? I have the same problem - it only works when the light is on.