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What smart landscaping lights do you use? Besides Hue.  

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I use regular landscaping lights i purchased from Lowe’s and put them on a Samsung smart plug and run my schedule off of that

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@skulduggery4 This is probably the way I'll go. Thanks!  

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@glossematics0 that's my plan

Answer 2

We are going to use Ring.  

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Same. Been considering the solar.  

Answer 3

I made my own. They work flawlessly.  

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Care to share some specs?  

Answer 4

One of my friends put the transformer inside his basement and then used a Belkin smart plug to controll it

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@hine6 exact same thing I did.  

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Smart switches. Made more sense to me. Much cheaper for one switch that controls a dozen lights.  

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@famished566 yeah. Not sure why that hadn't occurred to me yet. Guess I got caught up. Thanks!  

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Anyone done colour landscape lights so I can change them for the time of year?  

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Regular landscaping light that have a timer

Answer 8

I'm using standard low voltage landscape lighting with the transformer plugged into a GE outdoor z-wave outlet.  

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@veradi1704 what transformer you use? Most of the ones i found use a timer, and I guess you need one that is always on. How do you do that?  

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@veradi1704 love the outdoor beer tap! This looks amazing!  

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@conduction9 its a basic 200w transformer, nothing special. But it does have a test mode that basically stays in "ON" mode so I can control it via the outlet.  

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@sebrinasebum Thanks! Easy access from the hot tub.  

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@conduction9 my transformer has a loop for the main relay. It can be bypassed, or a timer plugged in, or a photocell wired up. This way it doesn’t need to switch the full current. Also has taps for 12, 13, 14V for those long runs.  

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@veradi1704 thanks!  

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@veradi1704 I was thinking of the same but wanted to have a dimmer. Any suggestions?  

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@litalitany I considered dimmable landscape lighting and found a couple of articles but abandoned the idea. You need a specific type of transformer to support it. Good luck!  

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I use the Ring smart transformer and some standard LED low voltage lights.  

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@glossematics0 Carney what are your thoughts? Thinking about getting these.  

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They work well. Ring transformer integrates with other Ring products and their motion alerts can trigger lights. I also liked being able to pick whatever “dumb” lights I wanted and then make them smart.  

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@glossematics0 Carney that’s the way to go. Works perfect

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Show me some setups. I'm trying to visualize my outdoor setup.  

Answer 11

Used zwave controller to turn these on and off.  

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@masonmasonic57500 woah! Sweet place man!  

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@apprehensible thanks

Answer 12

Home assistant Fpp Kulp lights board

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Sylvania outdoor smart lights

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Get luminaire fx if you want the best.  

Answer 15

I didn't find anything on the market that did what I wanted in 2015, so I made my own: .  
http://doityourselfchristmas.com/fo...d.php

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@blinny great resource

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Sylvania out lighting

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ZUCKEO 5W LED Landscape Lights. .  
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071XCB3VL

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Ring Smart Lighting – Low Voltage. .  
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L9QW116

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@verdie how’s the Ring system working for you? Are you using solar?  

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Depends on what they are for. here is a post I wrote about outdoor lights  
https://www.onesmartcrib.com/best-s...ghts/

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Tuyasmart. com

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I have some old school basic transformer feeding some large gauge wire. Replaced all the bulbs with LED. The “photocell” is triggered by a relay on a raspberry pi, talking to openhab via mqtt. Civil dusk triggers them on, “Alexa bedtime” triggers them off.  

Answer 22

But if we wanna be fancy about it. this is Halloween. There are four “landscaping lights” in this scene.  

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@terpsichore ok! That’s awesome! I assume it takes a lot of effort to get that set up along your eves and programmed?  

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Do you do the LOR thing at Christmas?  

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@terpsichore which LED strips did you use ?  

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@apprehensible yes a lot of effort. All custom. Probably 200 hours of work in it so far, including eleven lines fished through the attic.  

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@glass3608 it’s xLights with Falcon controllers. I do a simple thing of changing patterns on various holidays. We may ramp up to a megatree and vertical outline on the house this fall.  

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@skulduggery4 these are BTF brand SK6812 RGBW strips in an aluminum channel with a frosted cover. About 50 meters of it on the house. They fail a lot though. I’ve had to do a lot of repairs.  

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@terpsichore friends dont let friends use strip lol . ive learned to strips fail

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Anyone have anything with z wave that is dimmable?