Local control for lamps

[zoogara (Daryl)]

I use these:

Budget priced, wife friendly, wireless wall switch using 433Mhz and MQTT

NOTE to anyone coming here from Hackaday link - MQTT sensor definitions have changed considerably since this was posted. I will update later… I have got into home automation in a big way since I found Home Assistant, but my wife is less fond of the whole talk to Google or use your phone thing just to turn on a light bulb. Sure - she likes the automations, like the fact that our garden lights turn on every night at the end of dusk, and that we can turn on the low voltage lighting in our outdoo…

They cost about $15 each plus assembly, but you can put them in whatever housing you like. In my case a standard Australian light switch.