I want my electrician to install an outdoor flood light fixture. It will not be motion activated, it does not need to change colors, I just need it to come on when I tell it to via Alexa. He says it will be pretty easy for him to get power to it, but not to run a switch. He knows I have a lot of smart devices, so he suggested 2 smart bulbs. I have found wifi and bluetooth, but no zwave or zigbee. Are there any? Suggestions?? Thank you
Can you put zigbee/zwave relays in the fixture?
Out of my wheel well. No idea.
Any Z Wave or Zigbee switch module/puck will do it. Sonoff Mini, Fibaro Smart, Qubino, Aeotec etc - the answer depends on your locale (it would be an advantage if all users profiles were to show their flag/country)
Sengled Smart Flood Light E26, model 940LM
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YES... exactly what I was looking for. Thanks
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Believe Hue may also make one.
I have Phillips-Hue LWB015's all around my home, about 4-5 years now. Now they're all hosted in a Hue hub right now, but initially I had them working fine w/o the Hue hub, in HE. (building up to about 75 Hue bulbs, that amount was better off with the hub - if one wondered why).
What do I know, but as long as you don't have to go extraordinary lengths, as in ladder, to fiddle around with the device if it stops communicating, or whatever.
I've got halogens under the second floor roof overhang which are still working because I barely use them, but it'd be real hard for me to change them-I'd have to hire someone probably.
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I kept my floodlights standard and therefore used Z Wave modules to control them remotely. Purely from a cost perspective, I wouldn't use the likes of Hue and others. Perhaps if I wanted some fancy colour changing possibilities then yes. However for plain and simple white LED floodlighting (for utility/security), I've got standard fittings and connected those to a Z Wave switch module (Fibaro Switch 2 or Fibaro Smart in my setup). If the fitting corrodes or the LED panel fails, I can simply swap it out with any suitable standard LED floodlight without having to replace a smart device.
In the case of the OP, the electrician can get power to the light but not a switch. It would make sense to fit a Z Wave or Zigbee switching module internally at source and then there's no restriction on the luminaire chosen and the switch module is accessible without height access.
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So then you're going to crawl around in the attic to push a tiny button on the z-wave/zigbee module? Because, you know it's gonna happen. 
Why would that happen? Since setting up my Z Wave network a few years ago, I've rarely needed to access a module (I did have a few with welded contacts but once I fitted inrush current limiters that problem disappeared).
My point regarding Hue was £140 for a Hue floodlight versus £25 for a floodlight (that probably provides far greater light output) and a £40 Z device to switch it.
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This is what I would recommend - either a zwave or zigbee relay in the fixture.
As an alternative to using a Hubitat-controlled relay in the fixture, you could also use a regular floodlight bulb with something like this ...
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Been using one for a few months in the basement. Would work outside if it was protected from the elements.
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Presumably.its in a separate circuit. If so put a switch inline where it comes out of fuse box. What u say makes no sense. There needs to be a switch sonewhere or are you just running power and using lights with builtb in dusk to dawn sensors?
Sylvania Zigbee outdoor bulb
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Sylvania-SMART-ZigBee-Soft-White-PAR38-Outdoor-LED-Smart-Flood-Light-Bulb-74580/302789624
I've used the Sylvania zigbee bulbs and been happy with them, but have not used this particular one. No reason to think it would be any different than all the other Sylvania zigbee bulbs.
IMHO, the benefit of using bulbs instead of a zigbee or zwave module is that modules often require physical access to a button on the module to reset/re-pair, but bulbs usually reset/re-pair with quick on/off sequences. So instead of getting out a ladder to access a button, you just quickly flip the breaker (since you said you won't have a switch) a few times.
Also, $20 ea, and you need to buy bulbs anyway...
Yup
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