What is Reddit's opinion of Honeywell Home RPLS740B ECONOswitch 7-Day Solar Programmable Switch, Lights and Motors, Indoor and Outdoor, Energy Saving?

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I've had this for a few years: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004AP92N2/

You program the date, time and latitude and longitude and it does everything. You can have it turn on before sundown and off at a certain time (for instance, midnight). It's also smart enough to keep track of daylight savings time. You can even have different schedules for different days of the week.

It has a built in supercapacitor that will only keep the current time for a few hours in the event of an outage, so you don't want to use it somewhere where it will lose power for long periods of time. It's only the clock though, it saves the rest of the programming.

I’ve had good luck with just daylight led bulbs. Just amazon the daylight led t8 bulbs. You can also hook up a timer switch to mock daylight hours. Honeywell Home RPLS740B1008 Econoswitch 7-Day Programmable Light Switch Timer White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004AP92N2

I keep them 6-24 inches from the plants with a small fan to help them dry out between watering

I've got the Honeywell version. Great things. Some are set for sunrise/sunset, one is set for sunset to 11pm, and another for 530am to sunrise. I don't even have to worry about daylight savings time. I haven't touched mine in years.

Standalone. No app/wifi/subscription...etc.

This is the one that I have.

I use it for my front door light so it turns on at night and turns off in the morning.

I have looked for a solution to this exact problem and it came down to just installing a Honeywell timer switch. It’s a simpler solution for an outside garage, front door, or accent lighting. I looked at Lutron’s Caseta switches with a hub. But I already have a Phillips Hue setup with a hub and didn’t want to complicate things more. If I could find a reputable brand that offered a thread connected switch with HomeKit, I would have pulled the trigger on that. Eve offers this, but so far only sells the European version of a thread connected light switch. Thread is so fast! I have been testing a few thread enabled Nanoleaf bulbs and they are many times more responsive than the Phillips Hue with hub.

Honeywell Home RPLS740B1008 Econoswitch 7-Day Programmable Light Switch Timer, White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004AP92N2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_Y32HD4ZZPR0FEPMYCXFB?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I used a non-smart switch with a built-in info based on the latitude.

Honeywell Home RPLS740B1008 Econoswitch 7-Day Programmable Light Switch Timer, White https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B004AP92N2

This had been just working without much issue for 7 years now. Set and forget. There must be some power backup (capacitor) inside since I haven't mess with the clock for short power outages.

This is designed for what she wants to do

You can enter in the latitude and longitude of her house, the switch calculates the sunrise and sunset times for each day of the year. Or it can just come on and go of at pre designated times.

If it's a brand new house, then either one should work. I actually have a variant of the defiant installed on my porch light: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004AP92N2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . I'm not sure why either one would not work then.

I installed this last year. This turns on the light at sunset, and off again at 10pm. Or you can set other times. And it tracks the change in sunset through the year. I programmed mine for a location 100 miles or so east of me, and so it comes on a little before local sunset.

> They ALL come on at sunset and they ALL turn off at dawn. Sunset and dawn change every day. > With your solution of timers, they would constantly need to be adjusted or you'd be running them for nothing. Power outages? Some timers don't keep their settings or drift. > Photo Sensors? Overcast days and my outdoor lights were on 24/7. Or dusk would come and they would be getting hit by the sun juuust right that they wouldn't turn on when they should be. Every individual light would also come on at very different times within an hour of each other. > They also take way to long to turn off in the morning. My lights were often on until 10 or 11am.

I know this is about Home Automation, and knock your heart out and automate everything if that's your wish - doesn't bother me at all. But this argument is flawed, timers are much smarter than this now, even the cheap ones. I got two of the below awhile back, one for backyard, one for front; never have to touch them. It has a solar calendar, so you just tell it the date and your longitude; it adjusts for the changes. You can then compensate it +/- over actual sunset and off. I have mine come on about 20 mins before official sunset, and turn off at 11:00. It compensates for time change, and has an internal battery in case of powerloss. It also has a random light function, but I haven't bothered. It'd take a pretty stupid thief to not be able to determine whether someone is home.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004AP92N2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I recently replaced my porch light switch with one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004AP92N2 It turns them on at sunset, off at sunrise, auto adjusts with the day of the year, and self adjusts for daylight savings time.

Depending on your use cases "home automation" doesn't mean you have to tie it into a hub or do something fancy - it simply means automating what you would do manually. I'm extremely happy with my timer so far.

This is absolutely not true. If you go this route make sure you get a dimmable led. The photo sensors can play havoc with the electronics in the bulb. Led works off of a much lower voltage. The bulbs have built in transformers to lower the voltage. The photo sensors don't produce the full 110v all of the time (like around dawn and dusk).

Is your lamp post on a switch? If it is, I would get an electrician to install a timer switch that calculates sunset and sunrise for your location. You can then program the switch to turn on at dusk and off at dawn. Something like this:

Honeywell Econoswitch RPLS740B 7-Day Solar Time Table Programmable Switch for Lights and Motors https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004AP92N2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_agFUxbPMMKCMH

Thanks for the sugestion. I will just go ahead and try it this way. so something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Econoswitch-RPLS740B-Programmable-Switch/dp/B004AP92N2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1467182862&sr=8-4&keywords=timer+switch+for+lights

I installed one of these when I first moved in and it is amazing. You tell it your latitude longitude and date and it knows when sunrise and sunset are for that area and it's all automatic from there. There is a button to manually control the light. The only time you have to intervene is when the bulb burns out.

Honeywell Econoswitch RPLS740B 7-Day Solar Time Table Programmable Switch for Lights and Motors https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004AP92N2/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_QZbexbP1VHNGM

Doh, site is undergoing maintenance when I clicked the link! I'll check it out later.

I looked all around Home Depot and Lowe's in person but didn't see anything. I wasn't surprised, because when I installed this in my house I had to order it from Amazon.

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Honeywell Home RPLS740B ECONOswitch 7-Day Solar Programmable Switch, Lights and Motors, Indoor and Outdoor, Energy Saving https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004AP92N2/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_SKB6KG32F0Z8ZT01XB10?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I was really surprised to see that there was no grounding method as well. The switch can still be screwed in if I wrap the bare ground around the screw behind the metal plate. It ll be sandwiched behind the metal that is part of the switch and box.... I figured this was the next best option.

Not sure if that link need to be made public to view so let me know if you can't see it.

I used these Honeywell ones. Been really happy with them!

 

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This is what I used, works pretty well.

Honeywell Econoswitch RPLS740B... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004AP92N2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004AP92N2

It has an on-off switch built in.

Why did it burn up?

Looks great. Now put those lights on a programmable switch so they turn on/off automatically.

I've had similar issues with those. Which is why I use dusk to dawn switches with astrotimers, instead.

Set once and forget. Just works.

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Thank you so much for the response

1. I want the lights to come on in the morning to help me wake up (and stay up) on time.
2. The room is in the basement, it's my bedroom, and the lights are fluorescent tube light bulbs.
3. One of the switches controls the ceiling lights and these are the main light source in my room. The other switch controls a tiny light in the closet and it barely serves a purpose. I've never turned it on deliberately. I wouldn't realize if the switch disappeared and I turned the switch box from a double into a single. I found a switch on amazon that I was interested in, and I think this would fit (link below). I think the switch box is standard size for a single switch box.

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I would prefer that both lights don't come on together. I also don't care for how the switch looks at all, I'm only concerned with function.

Not exactly what you are looking for, but I have this and works great. Always when dark and I use LED bulbs so the electricity wont cost too much. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004AP92N2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is the switch that I have: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004AP92N2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1