Halloween flickering light effect for relay controlled lights?

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Hi folks,

My front porch light is controlled by a sonoff basic running tasmota. For Halloween, I’d love to make it flicker like a gained house.

Had anyone done anything like this? I’m not sure if it would be the right choice to use an automation, a tasmota rule, or some other method.

Thanks for any help!
James

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A relay is not the right choice for this. You will likely weld or burn out the contacts.

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Okay, good to know.

I’ve also got some LED bulbs with tasmota, I’m assuming this would be a better choice.

Still looking for a way to make them flicker, like a dying fluorescent light.

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Yes smart bulbs would be a much better choice.

There’s a candle effect for Tasmota LEDs (neopixel only).

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I also saw bulbs at Home Depot today that replace standard bulbs and do exactly this…probably safer than trying to fake it with LEDs, more realistic too.

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And you can control them with your sonoff.