I'll present this question in two ways...
First, is there any bulb (or screw-in lamp module) currently being made that the Insteon Hub supports? I see there WAS a bulb (https://www.smarthome.com/insteon-a1...ite-2534k.html) , but it isn't available now. I'm guessing that it the Hub doesn't play nice with Hue bulbs or similar. Anything that does work if I'm trying to control an individual bulb/lamp socket?
Second, I slid into the second way to frame this above, but here's the full version. I'm trying to convert (in a simple and cost-effective way) a series of old-school basement lamp-socket lights to be controlled on a single switch for my elderly mother. I like Insteon...I know Insteon (a little)...I have an extra Insteon Hub and switch. But, given these lights aren't switch controlled at all (old-school pull chains at individual sockets), I'm not sure insteon will work in this scenario as a cost-effective solution if I don't have a bulb that it will talk to or a screw-in lamp insert. If that's true, does anybody have any other thoughts on how to cost-effectively convert 4-6 pull chain lights to a single switch using modern technology (i.e. not calling an electrician)?
Thanks!
First, is there any bulb (or screw-in lamp module) currently being made that the Insteon Hub supports? I see there WAS a bulb (https://www.smarthome.com/insteon-a1...ite-2534k.html) , but it isn't available now. I'm guessing that it the Hub doesn't play nice with Hue bulbs or similar. Anything that does work if I'm trying to control an individual bulb/lamp socket?
Second, I slid into the second way to frame this above, but here's the full version. I'm trying to convert (in a simple and cost-effective way) a series of old-school basement lamp-socket lights to be controlled on a single switch for my elderly mother. I like Insteon...I know Insteon (a little)...I have an extra Insteon Hub and switch. But, given these lights aren't switch controlled at all (old-school pull chains at individual sockets), I'm not sure insteon will work in this scenario as a cost-effective solution if I don't have a bulb that it will talk to or a screw-in lamp insert. If that's true, does anybody have any other thoughts on how to cost-effectively convert 4-6 pull chain lights to a single switch using modern technology (i.e. not calling an electrician)?
Thanks!
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