Home Automation - Smartkit

Got my T1 3 gang now, looks good. Excited to see how it goes. Still deciding if I have the energy to climb into my ceiling tonight to pull a neutral down to my light.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Yeah for sure there are people who want it here and now.

I was just illustrating that if I need to pay R250 for shipping but I can buy a variety of products from Banggood over multiple places locally I’ll often do that instead.

Sometimes it gets to my door even faster than local.

More often than not if I do import stuff I ask my mates if they want something and just split it out.
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lol, but yeah I bought 4 products from Banggood at the same time - arriving from three different couriers.
 
SAguy said:
Got my T1 3 gang now, looks good. Excited to see how it goes. Still deciding if I have the energy to climb into my ceiling tonight to pull a neutral down to my light.
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Is the back any different to the touch's. ie clearance issues? Pic of the circuit boards would be nice too.
 
Just a picture of how it fits into our standard lightswitch wallbox would also be whoresome.
 
I'll take some pics of the board and fitting into wall this eve and post it.
Hopefully it fits nicely.

I plan on just running a neutral wire from the closest light fitting down to the T1, should be fine yip?
 
phaktza said:
calypso will test Tasmota on the Sonoff T1 AU/US shortly - this will integrate nicely with Home Assistant if their firmware can be changed. Theoretically this should be possible - but they have just been released.
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Reason for flashing Tasmota? So that the Sonoffs can communicate with HA without touching the cloud?

Also, if I wanna try a physically flippable smart switch, say from AliExpress/BangGood/eBay, what tech specs do I need to check to make sure it'll work locally?
 
How do I take the faceplate off? Flat screwdriver into the corners?

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SAguy said:
I'll take some pics of the board and fitting into wall this eve and post it.
Hopefully it fits nicely.

I plan on just running a neutral wire from the closest light fitting down to the T1, should be fine yip?
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Process on how you pull the neutral switch will be appreciated
 
Pho3nix said:
Process on how you pull the neutral switch will be appreciated
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Well who knows, I may be lucky and when I remove the old light switch tonight there's a neutral wire running in there.
 
Removed the glass panel front panel:

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Beyond that I'm not sure, there is a little give when I lift up the corners but don't want to pull too hard and tear the thing apart.
 
SAguy said:
Removed the glass panel front panel:

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Beyond that I'm not sure, there is a little give when I lift up the corners but don't want to pull too hard and tear the thing apart.
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Thanks, so we got exposed pins in what i imagine is the standard alignment. Reset key is also there to make getting into programming mode easier.

Dr Zzs has his on the way, so Im sure we can expect a video shortly.
 
calypso said:
Thanks, so we got exposed pins in what i imagine is the standard alignment. Reset key is also there to make getting into programming mode easier.

Dr Zzs has his on the way, so Im sure we can expect a video shortly.
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[video=youtube;-Cw4n8Y9mBg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cw4n8Y9mBg[/video]
 
What would be the main benefit of flashing the T1 to use Tasmoto? Would it allow for local control without needing to break out over the internet?
 
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