Currently I’ve got 12 can lights in my living room, entry, and kitchen. Three different sections, all controlled by an inovelli red switch.

All of the existing can lights are just LED chips with an E27 adapter. They are all locked in a specific color temp (4000k is my fav).

After using the adaptive lighting integration, I am convinced I want my whole house to have the ability to change brightness and color temp. I’d like to do this as cheaply as possible.

One option is smart bulbs. That’s 12 bulbs, plus the dumb can light bulb cover things. What is the cheapest bulb for this? This solution doesn’t take advantage of the very fancy inovelli switch either.

Any way to leverage the nice switches, and have “dumb lights” that can be controlled via the switch? I know this sounds impossible, because there is no data going to the bulbs that would allow changing the color temp, but I just can’t stand the idea of buying 12 smart bulbs.

  • GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    This thread on the inovelli forums has the wiring you need to do, but you can directly associate z-wave bulbs with the z-wave dimmer. I have the inovelli blue dimmers, and do exactly that (except with Zigbee, easier to find the lights for those though)

    And this site has z-wave devices, you can probably find compatible bulbs there.