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[Teh One Who Knocks]

Wife went out of town for the night. Pants are off, cold pizza is at the ready, beers are chilled and waiting for 5 o'clock

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Hey, RBP, what were those smart bulbs (or was it outlets) that you use? And are they Alexa compatible?

[DemonGeminiX]

So a neighbor invited me to his wife's surprise birthday party. I really don't like this guy and I've only met his wife once, and honestly, I wasn't impressed with her either.

Yeah, so I'm not going.

[RBP]

Hey, RBP, what were those smart bulbs (or was it outlets) that you use? And are they Alexa compatible?

We use Kasa dimmable bulbs by TP-Link. There are 2 types, dimmable and tuneable. Dimmable is brightness control, tuneable is to adjust hue. Definitely the dimmable ones for us.

We started with outlets but I like the bulbs much better. And yes they are Alexa compatible. In fact, you can use Alexa commands without setting up the commands. "Alexa. dim living room lamp" works for example.

They also have their own app that you can use to control all your Kasa devices.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

We use Kasa dimmable bulbs by TP-Link. There are 2 types, dimmable and tuneable. Dimmable is brightness control, tuneable is to adjust hue. Definitely the dimmable ones for us.

We started with outlets but I like the bulbs much better. And yes they are Alexa compatible. In fact, you can use Alexa commands without setting up the commands. "Alexa. dim living room lamp" works for example.

They also have their own app that you can use to control all your Kasa devices.

And they are dimmable even with lamps that don't have that function? Can you just turn them off and on too? The two lamps we have in the living room are three-way switches, will they still work on those?

[RBP]

And they are dimmable even with lamps that don't have that function? Can you just turn them off and on too? The two lamps we have in the living room are three-way switches, will they still work on those?

I am not positive, but I would assume you'd just leave the 3-way switch on max power. The dimmables are infinite from 0-100% and you can set custom presets in the app - the switch doesn't matter the level of brightness if control by the bulb. And yes, you can just turn them on and off.

As an example, I installed a ceiling fan with a light in the bedroom. I leave the switch on all summer so the fan runs, but tell Alexa to turn the light on and off or dim or brighten. No more remembering which pull chain is for which, and the dimming feature in there is awesome.

[Muddy]

I have a date tonight















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Thats pretty far out..! Wow.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I am not positive, but I would assume you'd just leave the 3-way switch on max power. The dimmables are infinite from 0-100% and you can set custom presets in the app - the switch doesn't matter the level of brightness if control by the bulb. And yes, you can just turn them on and off.

As an example, I installed a ceiling fan with a light in the bedroom. I leave the switch on all summer so the fan runs, but tell Alexa to turn the light on and off or dim or brighten. No more remembering which pull chain is for which, and the dimming feature in there is awesome.

What did you not like about the outlets versus the bulbs?

[fricnjay]

Worst 4 day Holiday weekend EVER!

[DemonGeminiX]

It has arrived.

[Muddy]

Worst 4 day Holiday weekend EVER!

It was so hot and humid and so uncomfortable I ended up just feeling like I was gonna fall out the whole time..

[Teh One Who Knocks]

My neighborhood sounded like Syria during the height of their war...all weekend long

[fricnjay]

It was so hot and humid and so uncomfortable I ended up just feeling like I was gonna fall out the whole time..

It was that but my Fridge went out, my wife had a flat tire and I locked my keys in my car.

[Hal-9000]

It was that but my Fridge went out, my wife had a flat tire and I locked my keys in my car.

Sorry to hear. My buddy's washer went and we spent the weekend finding/buying a used one from a Craigslist-like online site, and then moving one downstairs and one out to his truck. No fun.

His old washer had pushbuttons and must have weighed over 300 lbs.

[Hal-9000]

Just got back from my physical.

She over-lubed me