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Posted on January 6, 2021

Lamp Post Top Conversion with Shelly Dimmer

Shaun Ellis, owner of Smarter Home of the Carolinas, took the time to document a recent project where he used the Shelly Dimmer to retrofit the fixture for a lamp post. Please note that Shaun used the original Shelly dimmer, though the Shelly Dimmer 2 will work just as well (or better) in this application!

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Posted on July 14, 2020

Simple Landscape Lighting Automation

Shaun Ellis from Smarter Home of the Carolinas has done a write-up on a really overlooked facet of smart home – landscape lighting!

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Posted on June 8, 2020June 8, 2020

Shelly Vintage G40 – A Gorgeous Smart Bulb

The first rule of smart home is products should be invisible, meaning that your family doesn’t notice an unusual appearance or behavior of a device. Shelly Vintage smashes that rule – it’s made to be seen!
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Posted on May 23, 2020May 25, 2020

Turn Something On Based on Temperature

Have you ever wished a fan would automatically come on when the temperature went up?

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Posted on May 12, 2020May 13, 2020

Cigars in the Age of Smart Home

Cigar aficionados will tell you that you don’t want to expose your cigars to fluctuations of humidity and temperature.

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Posted on May 11, 2020May 12, 2020

What To Do With Trimmed LED Strip Sections – Shelly RGBW2!

One of the complaints I always hear is how so much of LED strips are wasted when cut down to size. My reply is always “Not so!”
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Posted on May 3, 2020May 12, 2020

How To Add Shelly Modules to Hubitat

Last week, Hubitat updated their platform to version 2.2.0 which allows native integration for Shelly relays and dimmers!

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Posted on April 21, 2020May 12, 2020

How Can A Dumb Floodlight Assist Smart Home Security?

You’re sitting on your sofa, watching Arnold figure out what Willis is talking about.  Meanwhile, in your back yard, your floodlights turn on because someone is sneaking around back there. Do you even know?

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Posted on April 17, 2020May 12, 2020

Automate The Odd Things

Another stubbed toe, another problem solved with a Shelly smart home product – the Shelly button.

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Posted on April 12, 2020May 12, 2020

Night Mode – Shelly Dimmer

Today, I’m installing a Shelly Dimmer to show how easy it is to set up the module and enable Night Mode!
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