Beginners guide to Smart Lights for Home Automation

Understanding Smart Bulbs and Switches for Home Automation This video is designed to be a generic tech talk about home automation and isn't designed to focus on any particular automation system so whatever you're using home assistant smarthome alexa google hubitat etc this should help When I started in home automation I felt like there was a barrier to entry that I struggled to get past Tasmota RGBCCT WS2812 WLED ESPHome and more terms were just in the daily discussions and I was constantly searching and trying to understand what was what When I got my first smart bulbs I learned that they could actually alter the color of 'white' that they showed And then I got a smart switch and a smart light and hit issues that no one warned me about This video is the primer to get started and up to speed on all things related to lighting and home automation In about 15 minutes you'll learn about smart switches features different types and compatibility with smart bulbs Then I'll go over bulb types RGB RGBCW RGBCCT and more We'll discuss why Hue and Wiz bulbs are great technical values and advantages of having smart bulbs We'll talk about features such as disabling relays no neutral required power measurements and others to look for when choosing a switch We'll talk about lighting temperature and when it can be useful as well I'll also go into smart LED strips briefly to give you some background on WS2812B WLED ESPHome and Neopixels so you have a grasp of those concepts and terms This is as you can see by now data packed video designed to be worth your time Please take time to view it all the way through and let me know feedback in the comments of what you'd like to see more of and your thoughts This will lead into a follow-up where I'll go into Home Assistant and how it works with these bulbs Below links are to projects and products discussed Some may be affiliate links which helps support the channel -- Products shown and discussed in this video -- Innovelli Red No Neutral Zwave Switch - a https 3A 2F 2Famzn to 2F3f95Bm1 a Wiz Smart Bulb - a https 3A 2F 2Famzn to 2F3cUb2lN a Lutron Shunt Capacitor - a https 3A 2F 2Famzn to 2F3lDneLH a Phillips Hue LIght bulbs RGBCCT - a https 3A 2F 2Famzn to 2F3cYX4iA a RGBW LED strip - a https 3A 2F 2Famzn to 2F396kG3T a Deerdance Smart LED Strip wifi ir lowest price I've found a https 3A 2F 2Famzn to 2F313HUmy a GoControl Zwave Scene controller Cover over a switch a https 3A 2F 2Famzn to 2F2QkyqBm a -- Video Links that you may find useful to see next -- Wiz Lighting review - https www youtube com watch v LTA07ENpBE AEOTEC Wallmote - Zwave scene light switch - https www youtube com watch v hhmQEJO2wUM Wall Mounted Home Automation Tablet - https www youtube com watch v PK NYA-XbsA list PLNBxUdNUXvv80ZOj5pViqQgsL42IBSx94 index 16 Hook up - WS2812B WS2811 and more guide - a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fwatch 3Fv 3DQnvircC22hU a Intermit Tech - Great visual of color changing LEDS - a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fwatch 3Fv 3Df B7X9OLouQ a Tasmota list of switches that can be flashed - a https 3A 2F 2Ftemplates blakadder com 2Fswitch html a

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