The Midwit Smart Home

Re:The Midwit Smart Home by stonogo on Thursday October 12, 2023 @06:16PM (#37863880)

This was solved in the 90s. The actual lightswitch can be mounted in a wireless remote that sockets into the switch plate by the door. You just take the switch with you to the bedside table. In the morning when you leave the room you socket it back into the switch plate.

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Re:The Midwit Smart Home by elzbardico on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:32PM (#37865865)

This was solved probably around 1880: 3-way switches

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Re:The Midwit Smart Home by brewdad on Friday October 13, 2023 @12:18AM (#37866607)

My stairway/upstairs lights are on a 4-way switch. I’ve never researched it but presumably one could build out a 5-way or 6-way switch by adding more switches wired the “middle” way. I’m sure there’s a term for the two wire switch in the middle but I’m no electrician.

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Re:The Midwit Smart Home by LeafItAlone on Friday October 13, 2023 @03:52PM (#37874813)

The same cost to get an electrician out to wire in one 3-way switch paid for an apartment of smart (plug-in) outlets for me. And since it’s a rental, I would not have been allowed to actually add the 3-way switch.

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Re:The Midwit Smart Home by stonogo on Friday October 13, 2023 @06:39PM (#37876384)

Have you seen a room wired with a second lightswitch specifically for the bedside? I'd be interested to know if anyone's done this.

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