Hi everyone, I have a question about wife approval.
Are there any smart bulbs or ceiling lights that will turn on when the physical (dumb) wall switch is flipped, even if the bulb was turned off via Home Assistant?
For example:
If I turn off the bulb through Home Assistant, then toggle the dumb wall switch off and back on, which models of bulb and ceiling lights will turn on?
The general Idea here is that you setup decoupled mode with the switch/relay that you install, this will allow control of the smart light and bulb without cutting power to the circuit that they need to stay online on the network that you have setup them up in.
Some also have a setting to have on/off set to opposite of current switch state so it reverses each use and is agnostic to state automation/dashboard.
If you are talking about ceiling lights with an associated wall switch, then in my opinion you really have two options for your & everyone else’s sanity.
Replace the entire wall switch with a smart switch.
Install an inline smart relay behind the existing wall switch.
Both these options allow for manual & HA control as you like & in this case you don’t care about the actual bulb.
I would recommend only using smart bulbs in lamps in locations that are not commonly manually controlled. If you do still need some manual control over the bulb you could add a smart button into the mix. I use this method for the bedside lamps in all my bedrooms & TV room. We know to not turn off those lamps & let HA do it’s thing but there is a small (zigbee in my case) button nearby for manual control if needed.