Tate53
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Hello all, hoping for a bit of friendly advice if possible. I am at the early stages of starting a house refurb. I like many others before me no doubt want to make my house "smarter" with more tech etc. One part I am looking at is lighting. I am looking at using a mixture of led downlights in the middle of the ceiling (Philips Wizz or similar) along with coving with LED strips acting as uplighters around the perimeter of each room.
I am not looking to have the cheapest option available and would rather have quality that lasts instead of having units fail on me requiring replacement. Thanks to this forum, I have narrowed the led strips down to the 24 volt Hi Line 4 in 1 RGBW strips with suitable Watt power supply from the same site to suit the length (16, 15 and 10 metres in 3 separate bedrooms). I was then going to add a Shelly RGBW2 controller to each room to create the smart functionality. Controllable by me in the long run by an app or Google Assistant etc.
One issue I am trying to solve and need help with, is the need to have both smart functionality, but at the same time have them wife and/or guest friendly. While the Shelly RGBW will allow me to dim from the app, I would also like to have the ability to turn on/off and dim the led strips from a (Smart) Light switch in the room. I would prefer a smart dimming switch, as this will avoid the issue of the lights being turned off at the wall and being unable to be used by the app until someone turns the switch back on.
I am willing to have 2 separate smart light switches in each room for downlights and led strips. But I worry that this will not play nice with the Shelly controller. I have also seen the DMX single zone wall controller which looks nice, but again don't know if it will play nice with other items.
Has anyone had any experience before in doing this that keep SWMBO happy? Thanks in advance for any help people can give.
I am not looking to have the cheapest option available and would rather have quality that lasts instead of having units fail on me requiring replacement. Thanks to this forum, I have narrowed the led strips down to the 24 volt Hi Line 4 in 1 RGBW strips with suitable Watt power supply from the same site to suit the length (16, 15 and 10 metres in 3 separate bedrooms). I was then going to add a Shelly RGBW2 controller to each room to create the smart functionality. Controllable by me in the long run by an app or Google Assistant etc.
One issue I am trying to solve and need help with, is the need to have both smart functionality, but at the same time have them wife and/or guest friendly. While the Shelly RGBW will allow me to dim from the app, I would also like to have the ability to turn on/off and dim the led strips from a (Smart) Light switch in the room. I would prefer a smart dimming switch, as this will avoid the issue of the lights being turned off at the wall and being unable to be used by the app until someone turns the switch back on.
I am willing to have 2 separate smart light switches in each room for downlights and led strips. But I worry that this will not play nice with the Shelly controller. I have also seen the DMX single zone wall controller which looks nice, but again don't know if it will play nice with other items.
Has anyone had any experience before in doing this that keep SWMBO happy? Thanks in advance for any help people can give.