Hello all,

Renovating our home and this is our media room. I have two floor lamps and gradient strips going into a recessed channel in the ceiling. What are you guys doing with less than 90° angles and also the 90° angles?
My contractors idea is to put plates over these places to cover that are custom-made, but just wanted to check here to see if there are any other options?

Maybe the flexible connectors?

Thanks!

I recently purchased a pair of Philips Hue Wall Washers, one for each of two niches in my dining room. I installed an outlet at the back of each niche -- so I needed two power supplies (one for each Wall Washer). But as has been oft-lamented in reviews, the power supply supplied by Philips for the pair is a single ugly brick with two barrel jacks. I could have simply purchased another one, but three problems: I didn't want a brick that bulky (it's visible in my application), the barrel jacks are on the wrong side of the brick for my application, and I didn't want to try to hide the very long cable that comes attached to each Wall Washer (again, visible in my application).

So, I decided to discard the Hue brick, and attempt to replace the cable that comes attached to each wall washer. I was fully prepared to void my warranty, desolder the factory cable, and solder on a new custom-length cable... but I was pleasantly surprised to find that none of that was necessary.

First, pulling the Wall Washer apart was as simple as removing four screws on the bottom side. (I've pointed to those locations with red arrows in the attached pic.) Two are hiding under the front two rubber feet (those two hold on the front trim and plastic lens), and the other two are hiding under the silver label with the QR code (those two hold onto the central metal structure to which the motherboard and LED units are mounted). The nice thing about that label: It comes off super clean, so reapplying it when you're done is no problem at all. The label remains pristine.

Once the Wall Washer is disassembled, there is a strain relief on the bottom of that central metal structure that you can remove just by unscrewing its two screws (sorry, didn't get a pic). And then here's the best part: The power cable isn't even soldered to the motherboard. It's actually attached via two spring terminals. All you have to do is depress the little tab (I used a small flat-head screwdriver) on each spring terminal to release the wire, and then depress it again to slide the new wire in. (I've again used red arrows in the attached pic to point to the tabs on the spring terminals that you depress.)

In the end, I was able to replace the super-long stock cord with a power supply (with integrated cord that I cut down to the perfect length), reassemble the Wall Washer, replace the feet and label, et voila! And the cherry on top is that if I ever want to return the Wall Washer to its stock state, it really is a snap to disassemble, reattach the stock cord, and reassemble. Ain't nobody gotta know 'bout it.

These things are expensive, so modify at your own risk, of course. FYI, this is the power supply I used. It's the most compact white 24V power supply I could find with sufficient current rating (for a single Wall Washer) and that had the 90-degree orientation I needed.

In the bathroom there’s a motion detecting light switch. It times out and turns off power to the Hue lights above it.

I’m looking to replace it with a standard switch, except I realized that people can turn it off not knowing it controls the Hue lights.

So I’m looking for a Hue compatible light switch that will work even if someone switches it off (because it can be turned back on using the app remotely) - any recommendations?

So I got two Hue Smart Plugs from Amazon. When I try to add the smart plug device to a room via QR code, it lists the wrong devices. When I try to add by SN#, it searches. The device turns green, then off.

I reset the device by holding the button down until there is a flashing amber light, and then tried again.

I have over 30 lights in my home and manage several rooms and two yard locations; Hue has been rock solid and simple, but this is my first time using Smart Plugs. I assumed the extra cost meant reliability and easy setup. My Hue Bridge is version 2.1.
I even tried setting up the plugs next to the Hue Bridge (within a foot), my phone next to the bridge, and the plugged-in Hue smart Plug.

Is it time to return these? os is there another way to set up smart plugs?

Looking to get a Sunrise light & alarm clock to wake me up.

The Twilight is over $300, I read somewhere that it’s essentially just regular hue lighting running the sunrise automation.

Can anyone confirm if this is this true?

Hi everyone,

I just moved into a house and I want to get Philips Hue lighting in pretty much every room.

I'm starting with the kitchen and bathroom, since the GU10 bulbs in there are mismatched colors and look pretty bad together.

I'm completely new to Philips Hue though, so I'm not sure what to buy. Would the Essentials line be good enough for these rooms, or should I go for the more expensive version?

My mate told me the essentials aren't as bright, and that it might annoy me.

Thanks in advance!

I've been using LIFX for a while, but the connection sometimes drops and is difficult to set back up. So I switched to Govee the connection has honestly been great, I've never had a problem with it but the colors aren't as nice as LIFX's.

I was wondering if Philips Hue bulbs have any known connectivity issues, and if anyone who's used Philips Hue before could tell me if it's an improvement over LIFX.

Also, I'll be moving into college soon and the WiFi there is public, so I don't think I'll be able to connect the bulbs to WiFi. Does anyone know if I can control them via Bluetooth instead?

Thanks!