Today I:
- found a buyer for all the Hue lights I decommissioned
- worked on the slides for the OAuth meeting on Monday
- updated IndieLogin.com and dependencies to work with PHP 8.2
- fixed the paper jam in Lily's printer
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Joe McLaughlin
https://mastodon.social/@joemcl
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Jan 4
@aaronpk Ok got it. So what did you spend, ballpark, to replace your Philips Hue bulbs with the Caseta switches?
👀 depends on how you count. I decided to put in Caseta switches in the 2 new rental units as well as our new unit, so adding the current smaller loft we live in was not a huge amount on top of all that. -
Caleb Hearth :d6:
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Jan 4
@aaronpk Would you take 250 for the lot?
I was originally thinking $300 for the lot, but if you cover shipping I'll take 250! -
Caleb Hearth :d6:
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Jan 4
@aaronpk Yeah I might be interested. Floods especially I could use more of, and I think the strips could be fun to scatter about. With the standard/floods, are we talking color, ambiance, or just dimmers?
I have 6 floods, 4 old style and 2 new style, all are white+RGB. The two strips I have are very old and may not be 100% on all the LEDs so I'll throw those in for free.
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They started getting really flaky for me lately, only registering every 4th button press. Plus I never used the middle dimmer buttons, I only wanted them for on/off, and the scene selection modes were super complicated. Really I just want a paddle switch with on/off, and that's exactly what the Caseta Pico remote does!
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Joe McLaughlin
https://mastodon.social/@joemcl
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Jan 4
@aaronpk Aha thanks, so the Caseta switches operate over existing light switches mechanically, that's why 'no wires needed'. Will check them out.
There's actually a special "pico" remote that talks wirelessly to any of the wired switches so you can add a switch anywhere on the wall without having planned a wire ahead of time too! But you need to replace the physical switches with Caseta switches first. -
Many many standard bulbs, several flood bulbs, a few of the old gen light strips and flood lights, a couple switches, two hubs.
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Joe McLaughlin
https://mastodon.social/@joemcl
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Jan 4
@aaronpk The Caseta switch connects to a Caseta light bulb(s)?
The Caseta switches replace your normal wall switches and can control whatever lights are at the other end. The great thing is you can completely forget they are smart switches and they behave just like normal switches that way -
Aaron Parecki
https://aaronparecki.com/
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Jan 3
Goodbye Philips Hue 👋
I finally finished replacing all my Hue lights with Caseta switches.
While I will miss the color temperature control, I am excited that I can attach a switch anywhere that works and looks just like a normal switch, no wires needed!
Side note, if you want a giant pile of Hue lights and switches at a steep discount, let me know 👀 -
Goodbye Philips Hue 👋
I finally finished replacing all my Hue lights with Caseta switches.
While I will miss the color temperature control, I am excited that I can attach a switch anywhere that works and looks just like a normal switch, no wires needed!
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Long Life AirTag Case (CR2032 replaced with a 9v battery) by mckinleytabor - Thingiverse (www.thingiverse.com)
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Eric Likness
https://mastodon.online/@carpetbomberz
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Jan 3
@aaronpk For the cost an space of Waffle maker #2, why not? If you ever tire of waffles free cycle the whole thing.
when lily yells at me for getting a second one I will tell her you said it was okay
