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Smarting up my garden lights

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  • 04-12-2017 10:47am
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    mayoman1973
    Registered Users Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭


    Tryinig to figure out what my options are here for controling garden lighting.  Problem is the lights are powered from my garage.  Garage is 30 yrds away from back door and almost 50 yrds from my router.  I have one or two smart plugs operated by my Alexa which works a treat.  "Alexa, turn on the entertainment system"   will knock on the power for TV/Hifi.  Now I want the same "alexa, turn on the garden lights"  but I can't use a smart wireless wifi plug cause it will be out of the range of my router.  Any ideas on how to get this to work?


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    Stoner
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 10,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    Well a wifi extender might work.

    Or better again a wifi mesh set up.

    You'll probably hit this issue more in the garden with cameras and doorbells etc

    Some Alexa approved zigbee set up where devices increase the control network reach works


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