#LED lighting with HA... Where to start?

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tired chasm
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Hi am a noob when it comes to LED lighting and wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction for where i can read up on this. Obvs i want HA integration.

Im doing a house refurb so have lots of different requirements for LED lighting from floating stairs, bedrooms, ourdoor etc..

Ive tried doing a few searches but with soo many options im not sure where to start... My mind is blown already. #LED

Based in the UK

Thanks

craggy cloak
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What are you looking for?

  • Simple LED bulbs in standard fittings that you can turn on and off?
  • LED bulbs that you can dim?
  • LED bulbs that you can change the colour temperature or colour of?
  • LED strips or panels like any of the above?
  • Digital LED strips that can do fancy effects?
tired chasm
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Most of the above... But i guess my question was more about controller/controlling that integrate with zigbee and HA, WLED also is this what i should be doing?

didnt want to buy a load of kit only to need to do it a different way.

sorry for the basic questions...

craggy cloak
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WLED For digital, Zigbee for everything else

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Simple on/off or just dimming is best done with a smart dimmer/switch and dumb LED bulbs - then that works even if HA is down, and nobody has to learn anything new

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For everything else ... buy Hue, Innr, Gledopto, or Ikea Tradfri (for the white anyway, their colour bulbs historically aren't as good as the other brands)

tired chasm
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dont have any physical light switches being installed... 🙂 will all be PIR sensor and Sonoff NSPanels

craggy cloak
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I hope there's something going in their place

hearty cargoBOT
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The Principle Of Least Astonishment means that things should work in an obvious way - don't expect that you can teach people to do things differently to how they've always done it

craggy cloak
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You need things that behave like switches so that people don't have to learn how to adapt to your house

tired chasm
craggy cloak
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Plus, I can guarantee that your automations won't cover every situation that the humans want, and being able to over-ride them is 100% needed

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Good luck on that 😉

tired chasm
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well im going to start that way and work through the problems.. if you give people a way out they dont put the effort in to learn/adapt to new ways...

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there will be a NSPanel in each room

craggy cloak
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As long as that can control the lights you'll be golden

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Plus you're overlooking guests/visitors

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But hey, good luck

tired chasm
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dont have any freinds 🙂 lol

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im not over looking them, daytime guests shouldnt be a problem for lighting... just those that may stay at night..

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anyone used any LED controllers with Zigbee from Aliexpress that they recommend?