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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by sokoloff on Monday April 04, 2016 @06:50PM (#11426373)
I have ALC (On-Q/Legrand) switches for the same reason. Hard-wired control, but reasonably nice (at least not clown) looking and operating switches in manual mode.
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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by ocdtrekkie on Monday April 04, 2016 @07:45PM (#11426688)
That's a key thing too that things like Wi-Fi lightbulbs and crud can't offer: Your light switch should still ALWAYS work like an ordinary light switch!
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