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Ideal lights for going away

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  • 16-09-2018 11:10am
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    j_mo
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭


    Hiya,

    We're thinking of heading off for a couple of days and wanted to know what would be a good setup to get for turning on and off various lights in the house remotely or on a timer whilst we're away. Would anyone have a preference between getting a few smart lights or maybe just get a smart plug socket like the tp link models. Thanks.


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    kenmc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,276 ✭✭✭kenmc


    If it's just for a couple days, to pretend someone's home and turn some table or floorlights on, then a few timer plugs will do fine, cheap, easy to set up - smart plugs are overkill for that.

    But if you want to be able to control from outside the house, or in various scenario, you need to go for smart plugs.


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    j_mo
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭j_mo


    Thanks kenmc, that's all I would be looking for. I'll have a look at them. Thanks.


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    nc6000
    Registered Users Posts: 3,228 ✭✭✭nc6000


    Speaking of timers, can anyone recommend any silent timers please? I'm using Ikea ones at the moment for lamps but I notice they get a bit noisy after a while and would like to replace them with something a bit quieter.


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    goat2
    Registered Users Posts: 4,939 ✭✭✭goat2


    Dusk to dawn are good also


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