There's something off about LED bulbs

Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by organsnyder on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:37AM (#35373330)

I've been installing Kauf brand smart-bulbs, which come pre-flashed with ESPHome for integration with Home Assistant. Some of my earlier bulbs failed, and I recently noticed that the founder of the company commented on the issue and said he specced a more robust capacitor after early failures: https://github.com/KaufHA/kauf-rgbww-bulbs/issues/31#issueco...

I haven't contacted them for replacements yet, but seeing their comment makes me much more likely to purchase them in the future, despite my early issues.

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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by meepmorp on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:56AM (#35373607)

Thanks! Having flashed esphome to smartbulbs the hard way, ootb support sounds lovely.

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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by organsnyder on Thursday March 30, 2023 @11:31AM (#35374297)

Aside from the quality issues with that first batch, they've been great.

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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by somehnguy on Thursday March 30, 2023 @11:11AM (#35373874)

Thank you for making me aware those exist. I have a mix of Hue & cheap Walmart color wifi bulbs. The Hue bulbs are undoubtedly much high quality (in both output & reliability) but you pay for it. The Walmart ones are 1/5 the cost, but very hit & miss on whether you can easily flash tasmota/esphome - and there is no way of knowing until you try because of newer firmwares being shipped in the same packaging.

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