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Bought a 1970s house recently, basement is mostly unfinished, which will allow me to redo the electrical outlets on the main floor to add a couple circuits while switching to copper from aluminum. What’s not simple is replacing the lighting wiring. What’s the thread consensus on effort to do this while I make considerable renovations (but not down to the studs)? I’m on the fence, which is why I’m posting here — on one hand there’s only going to be a couple watts of LEDs hanging off these going forward, but on the other hand it’s nice to know everything’s been updated. I know how to safely bond AlCu, no advice needed there.
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I’d just go with ESPHome based custom firmware flashed to commodity lights. They won’t call home at all. You don’t even have to use HA if you just want to use the web API from a cron job.
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Apr 9, 2024 07:15
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Coolguye posted:this is still my first foray into something like this, though, do you have a suggestion for a specific light that you know would work for this approach? as a corollary, how are you identifying that it is workable so I can pick up searching for lights myself? I’m using Caseta dimmers without temperature control for my lights, so nothing I can directly recommend. I’m sure there’s a home automation thread or esphome reddit sub where they can give a heads up about sales on easy to flash lights. After doing a bit of googling, it does look like it’s a bit annoying to try to locate compatible ones and flash them (if you’re not into electronics), so hopefully I didn’t get your hopes up for nothing. If you’re ok with zigbee, Ikea bulbs are standard and can be used without their hub.
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