I have an early 2000s house and they went wild with a) the sheer number of wall switches and b) the number of 3-way switches. I want to replace a good number of them while accepting my wife’s requirement that they look and function as dumb paddle switches when necessary.

I’ve looked around and these seem to be the best at fitting all of my requirements but Mama Mia, the price 😭 😭 😭 😭

https://www.amazon.com/Inovelli-2-1-Smart-Switch-Dimmer/dp/B0BG329SH3

Anyone have some suggestions?

  • @afk_stratsOPEnglish
    4•1 day ago

    Tldr this house was wired funny

    Here are some reasons:

    1. automatic lights which follow us from bed to the toilet and back with minimal disturbance of each other and which return to pure dark without flipping a switch.

    2. A hallway which have terrible switch placement. It has a 4-way switch and it leads to a room with another 3-way. 5 switches which should have been 3 can be consolidated using automation

    3. I want automatic motion lights on stairs. Another annoying 3-way to get rid of

    4. Kitchen has 9 light switches. I don’t want to explain why, but it’s not that big

    5. TV area where scenes are important/want integratiom with other stuff

    6.I want on/off automation on a few interior and all exterior lights for safety/security