I avoid using smart bulbs as much as possible - I'd use the Aeotec Smart Dimmer 6's instead if they'd been released here.
Smart bulbs work well, when connected directly to Hue, in my experience.
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Got another odd reading from my smartthings plug.
Machine wasn't even running! 
Thats alot of power for a machine not running...lol
Yeah, that's the reading I was seeing when I setup my Samsung plugs. I thought it settled down when I moved to the GE driver, which I think Mike Maxwell suggested at one point, but I don't think that has been the case for me.
I was hoping they may have fixed it in 2.2.5....
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Anyone have a good (cheap but reasonable quality) source for CR2450 batteries...? I am starting replace the batteries for my Samsung Multi-Sensors and Buttons and the best I have found that I feel comfortable buying is Energizer's at Bunnings for $4.50 each, $1 cheaper than woolies.
With some sensors I have got almost 12 months from a battery, but it does start to add up with more sensors... I guess that is why it is worth investing the time in a solid Zigbee mesh to avoid the battery drain....
I got a stack of Panasonic batteries via Amazon which have been great.
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Theres an iris smart plug driver found which was suggested somewhere in the forum. Only just changed to it, so will report back soon!
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The best I found was this, which are $4 each, so $0.50 cheaper per battery:
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I took a punt on these T-Power ones from a seller in Melbourne. Grabbed 10 for 1.75 each. Working well so far. 2x 5x 10x CR2450 3V Lithium Battery STOCK IN Melbourne Button Coin Cell CR-2450 | eBay
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Wow, I wonder what $3 is buying the rest of us.... Hopefully just that warm fuzzy feeling of a recognised brand...
Will be interesting to see how they go.
They also have an 8 pack of Panasonic CR2s that worked out much cheaper.
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Batteries seem alright so far, and seller has a mostly positive score. Working well in my devices to date.
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Yep those are the ones, the only cheaper ones I found are no name junk that would be lucky to last a month.
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Hi all,
Has anyone had any luck with connecting a Nue Zigbee3.0 Smart Fan Light Switch from 3A Smarthome (NUE-ZBFLB)?? It is a 3 speed fan controller with light.
I connected 2 of them and they were recognised as Generic switch. Nothing works. i have tried to change to fan controller and other NUE switches to no avail. A third which i connected more recently was recognised as the Ikea TRADFRI control outlet. This device when turned on and off actually did switch the light on and off. No control for the fan speeds.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Rod.
Yeah I’ve got one that I hosed in an electrical box to control a pedestal fan. Unfortunately it never worked as anything other than an on / off switch despite using the Zigbee dimmer driver.
I've just ordered some Shelly Wifi Dimmers that will replace my Hue dimming bulbs and my failed Fan controller. I'll prolly flash them with tasmota too.
I plan to use this case and splice them into the lamp cables.
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I got these for my hue dimmer switches...... died within a month. Wonder if its the switch or the battery. Curious to see how yours go
PS: They were $10.75 for 10 when i got them in Nov 2020. Price has gone up so much
I can't actually remember replacing any of the batteries in my Hue Dimmers, maybe one at best... I've had most of them for about 18 months to 2 years now I think it's been, may a little more for some. They were on the Hue bridge up until a few months ago, now on my Conbee2 stick, will be interesting to see how they go.
I've had the dimmers paired to my hue bridge before hubitat arrived for almost 2 years as well. Never needed to change the batteries and were solid. I moved them off to hubitat since and hey have been the most unreliable component. They were frequently dropping off the network and I have to keep resetting them. Thought it was a mesh issue so I added some repeater. Added an ikea repeater and some smartthings plugs seems to improve a little. Then I added those telstra plugs and all 8 of them just dropped off the network at the same time. Tried changing channels which seems to improve the dropout rate a little but the battery drain is still crazy
And within a month of moving them to hubitat the batteries also started dying. Thought it was high time but then the new batteries I got also died within a month. So i'm thinking the switches are not playing nice with hubitat. Considering moving them back to the hue hub now. the WAF score is dropping rapidly on them.
I was mentioning the migration of my Hue setup to HE just recently and someone mentioned that one of the reasons for keeping them on the bridge is to do with the different variation of the Zigbee protocol, which can play havoc I believe when mixing them with devices that use the other one, I think it is ZLL and ZHA. Since I have ported my lights and motion sensors to my new C-7 and most of my Samsung contact sensors and buttons are on my C-4, I think the recommendation in my situation is to keep these the way they are, and not port the Samsung devices over to the C-7 alongside the Hue devices. My situation is also a little different to yours in that I have the dimmers connected to a Conbee2 stick, not to HE directly.
This was one of the comments I was thinking of...
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