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Two way mains connected light switch (UK market) (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Ardms@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Hi all,

I'm in the UK and I would like to replace my old switches that turn on/off the lights in the corridor. There are two switches and they are working as a two way switches (3 wires connected to each of them). I would like to replace them with two smart switches that ideally don't require additional apps to set up and ideally no need to connect to any cloud services. Any advice is welcome.

Thanks,

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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm in the UK and grabbed a bunch of generic switches of AliExpress and they all work perfectly.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Buying electrical stuff from AliExpress scares the shit out of me.

[–] mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You could have a look at a shelly 1L that might do it, put the shelly in the light fitting and wire the switches in to it

[–] Ardms@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is this the one you are talking about? Looks like it will do the job?

[–] mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud 3 points 3 months ago

Yes, that's the badger. They have a vast amount of built-in functions, also can be all local. I was using mqtt to access mine, but have switched to the home assistant integration

[–] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

+1 for shelly, a few options that could work.

[–] lorentz@feddit.it 1 points 3 months ago

There are plenty of zigbee options available on Amazon UK (and I would expect some wifi too, but I have already a zigbee network so I prefer it when possible). Do a quick search there, most of them have the wiring diagram in the photos. Some of them can be installed in the box, so you don't have to replace the switches (which may be ugly compared of the others you have). Also note that if both the switches you want to replace control the same light you just need to replace one of them.