Your presentation is short and clear, thanks BTW, do you think it is possible to only connect the L1 switch wire to a regular bulb, and leave L2 unconnected? What I want to achieve is: - When I press the L1 button, the regular bulb will turn on/off. - When I press the L2 button, the smart bulb (which already has a power supply) will turn on/off.
I have the single version. The light will turn blue when paired but weirdly, it only comes on when the light is on. I would have preferred it the other way around. Lol
@neverman3398 Yes maybe this is something they could do a software update on in the future to give people a choice. I like the light is not too bright or eye catching.
hello amazing video. Well done. I have question. If we have 1 light but we will buy the double rocker H1, can we use the 2nd switch for more smart scenes??
Are you saying that the lights that are attached to this switch can be turned off and on using the switch, but the power is still applied to the light fitting constantly? What about if you have a 3 gang switch?
@David-bl1bt Hi, no the light fitting only has power when the switch is pressed or you ask your voice assistant to switch on the lights or if a routine is triggered. Other than that there is no power to the fitting. Hope this clears it up.
@@RicksTechReviews That's not true. This is the non-neutral wire switch. That means that there is always a very small current passing through the switch to the light fitting. This has to be the case otherwise the switch itself would not have a complete circuit, and would not work. In the UK the main neutral wire is in the light fitting, so in order for a complete circuit (for the switch to be powered), the live in has to go through the light fitting (L1 or L2), to reach the neutral in the light fitting itself. Circuits 101. So that small current is possibly enough to allow your smart bulb connected to the circuit to have constant power. If the switch only passed a current when the switch was ON then your smart bulb would lose power (Same as dumb switch)
@RicksTechReviews surely if this is the case then it defeats the object. If there is no power to the fitting that has smart bulbs, then they will be offline and therfore cannot be controlled by a voice assistant. There needs to be power to the smart bulbs for them to function as smart bulbs!
@@David-bl1bt I have included activating the smart switch to on before my other automations in my routines so when I ask for say my lights to go into movie mode the lights on my media wall will trigger on first and then it will dim the smart bulbs. Other people may do this differently but that is how mine is set up.
Can this work with Philips Hues? (With a Hue Bridge) ? Does this just mean I have to pair to HomeKit/GoogleHome Apps (either) and since the lights are there then it'll work together? but i also mean that this device won't be seen by the Philps Hues App/Bridge setup right?
If you have the Aqara Hub, you should be able to expose it to HomeBridge, but aqara is natively supported in HomeKit. It does work with Hue Bulbs. In the Aqara app, there is an option to convert to "Wireless." So when you press it, it doesn't actually take power away from the bulbs. It just runs a shortcut that turns the bulb itself to 0% brightness. So you still can control the bulb through HomeKit/HomeBridge, and dont get the cant find device you get with normal switches being pressed. (I think you may need the neutral version for this functionality, though)
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Dumb question maybe, but can I use a smart switch to switch a non smart light on and off after I have replaced to non smart switch with it
In your Alexa app do you see bo4th buttons and also short, double and long press options ?
Your presentation is short and clear, thanks
BTW, do you think it is possible to only connect the L1 switch wire to a regular bulb, and leave L2 unconnected?
What I want to achieve is:
- When I press the L1 button, the regular bulb will turn on/off.
- When I press the L2 button, the smart bulb (which already has a power supply) will turn on/off.
I also wonder about this
Same question. I just bought one, so 🤞
Internet says yes (Aqara Reddit)
can you use a double rocker on a single switch and use the 2nd rocker as a wifi switch only?
I have the single version. The light will turn blue when paired but weirdly, it only comes on when the light is on. I would have preferred it the other way around. Lol
@neverman3398 Yes maybe this is something they could do a software update on in the future to give people a choice. I like the light is not too bright or eye catching.
@@RicksTechReviews it just seems odd that way around. Lol
do they have a dimmable version of these for downlights?
No not at the moment, it just has the ability to turn lights on and off and trigger routines using IFTTT.
I have the Phillips Hue Bridge and I was wondering if I get a Bridge do I get rid of my Phillips Bridge?
Hey! What about Matter? Does it khm matter?
@nagyba Hi, at the minute the H1 does not support Matter
Did you have the pro version yet
At the wall switch, all we have is the switch live cable and the light out. I guess the switch live would go into the 'L' terminal?
hello amazing video. Well done. I have question. If we have 1 light but we will buy the double rocker H1, can we use the 2nd switch for more smart scenes??
Are you saying that the lights that are attached to this switch can be turned off and on using the switch, but the power is still applied to the light fitting constantly?
What about if you have a 3 gang switch?
@David-bl1bt Hi, no the light fitting only has power when the switch is pressed or you ask your voice assistant to switch on the lights or if a routine is triggered. Other than that there is no power to the fitting. Hope this clears it up.
@@RicksTechReviews That's not true. This is the non-neutral wire switch. That means that there is always a very small current passing through the switch to the light fitting. This has to be the case otherwise the switch itself would not have a complete circuit, and would not work.
In the UK the main neutral wire is in the light fitting, so in order for a complete circuit (for the switch to be powered), the live in has to go through the light fitting (L1 or L2), to reach the neutral in the light fitting itself. Circuits 101.
So that small current is possibly enough to allow your smart bulb connected to the circuit to have constant power.
If the switch only passed a current when the switch was ON then your smart bulb would lose power (Same as dumb switch)
@@Gixer750K2 Thanks for explaining that. Much appreciated
@RicksTechReviews surely if this is the case then it defeats the object.
If there is no power to the fitting that has smart bulbs, then they will be offline and therfore cannot be controlled by a voice assistant.
There needs to be power to the smart bulbs for them to function as smart bulbs!
@@David-bl1bt I have included activating the smart switch to on before my other automations in my routines so when I ask for say my lights to go into movie mode the lights on my media wall will trigger on first and then it will dim the smart bulbs. Other people may do this differently but that is how mine is set up.
Can this work with Philips Hues? (With a Hue Bridge) ?
Does this just mean I have to pair to HomeKit/GoogleHome Apps (either) and since the lights are there then it'll work together?
but i also mean that this device won't be seen by the Philps Hues App/Bridge setup right?
If you have the Aqara Hub, you should be able to expose it to HomeBridge, but aqara is natively supported in HomeKit.
It does work with Hue Bulbs. In the Aqara app, there is an option to convert to "Wireless." So when you press it, it doesn't actually take power away from the bulbs. It just runs a shortcut that turns the bulb itself to 0% brightness. So you still can control the bulb through HomeKit/HomeBridge, and dont get the cant find device you get with normal switches being pressed. (I think you may need the neutral version for this functionality, though)
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I will have to try them
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