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Using an Aqara H2 EU Switch to control Smart Lights

  Picture shamelessly stolen from Aqara's web site I have on old house, circa 1850's in its current guise. It's also made of granite and the internal walls are all lathe and plaster -  so not easy to trunk wiring. The house has had its wiring updated/modified over many decades... although I've been rectifying some of that. As a consequence, currently, virtually no light switch has a neutral wire. Virtually all of the house is covered by Aqara FP2 presence sensors and so lights turn on/off as people move around the house. Very occasionally that doesn't work, for some reason. Why? because it is a day with a "y" in it and the moon is in the wrong place. Maybe Mars is also not aligned! I'll say, though, the presence sensor turning on of lights, etc does have my Partner Approval Factor! To the point that when we go to someone's house that doesn't have the capability, I'm often told how much it is missed. Having said that, I still believe that a...

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