The BEST overall Smart Dimmer for Home Assistant!!!

This NEW Rotary Tuya Based WIFI dimmer is just like the old-style rotary dimmers, it's intuitive, convenient, and affordable, especially for non-home automation people who will appreciate it, increase your wife-acceptance-factor!!!
This video is not sponsored or paid, and I have no affiliation with the supplier. If you would like to get one, they are from an Australian Based company OZ Smart Things - www.ozsmartthings.com.au/coll...
Data Points:
1 - Switch ON/OFF
2 - Brightness 10-1000
3 - Minimum Brightness 10-1000
6 - Count down timer 0-86400

[@clintgood8026]

Thanks Jimmy! I think I've found my new dimmers for our house rebuild. I was looking at the Shelly Dimmer 2 but the rotary dimmer is the killer feature for this.

[@bitsorbytes]

We miss your content Jimmy James!!! Come back soon!!

[@EJHVoodoo]

Hi Jimmy Great video! Thanks for putting it together. What where the Lights you were using? They adjusted the light temp based on intensity? Thanks

[@craigbesa5672]

I really appreciate some good AU content on this stuff, thanks. Question, for the second switch would are some option for the push switch as the secondary? I assume it doesn't have to be "smart"?

[@nitronaf]

hey man just found your channel. thanx for making this vid. probably would not have even looked at this product if not for this. Is it still working okay?

[@placeholder3173]

Hey mate, any chance these things have a "power on state" setting? i.e. after power cut, do they go to (a) off (b) on or (c) last setting? Huge kudos for doing this review too, only a handful of folks putting out HA videos down under.

[@tinsonthomastravel]

Hi mate, do you think it will fit into a 4 gang standard plate..? Also, any ideas about ducted aircon wifi control other than Airtouch... Cheers

[@clairerovic]

Thanks heaps, that is magical. Going to order one now. So frustrating 😞, I am constantly getting phone out to adjust settings. That's not Smart and friends just don't get the Shelly controls

[@SparkyJames]

So true it is a downside to the Shelly

[@napa2007]

Hi Jimmy, I’ve just seen your KZbin short re the Pushbutton (Aus version) for the Shelly Dimmer 2. I am Aus based. Where can these be ordered from? Cheers.

[@garryw1159]

Dam. I was looking at this dimmer, but ordered the Shelley dimmer. I might have to return them for this one. How was the push button model. Thanks Garry

[@liveartrainbow]

Great Job. Thank you for sharing.Just wondering , have ever thaught of using LoRawan (Log Range Wide Area Network) technology and incorporated to Home assistant?

[@SparkyJames]

I have, I actually got an Mkr1400 Lorawan board I was going to play with, but it’s still in the box.

[@ASI48N]

hey man, having issue is pairing. connected to power light flashes tuya can't find the device do you know how i can troubleshoot? thanks in advance

[@Xccentric]

Hi James, thanks for all your videos. Just a question and I guess I could look it up myself. What's the load rating on this dimmer?

[@SparkyJames]

250w i think, they need to be derated down to 180w if you have 3 next to each other, that still quite a few downlights at 9w each.

[@meierthomas]

Just knocked off 4 of these switches with your great tutorial, mate! The dimming characteristics of your LEDs looks quite good. Mine start to flicker once I get down to 60%... What brand dimmable LEDs are you using?

[@MrCraigCurtin]

Have you found an issue where they are only recognized as a dimmer in the app - then once turned off at the physical switch you can not turn them back on from the app - i.e. they only act as a dimmer and you have no switch control in the app ? I am wanting to know if they have updated the firmware so it is now recognized as a switch not just a dimmer

[@bitsorbytes]

Another great video! Thanks for sharing. BTW Do you have a link to your downlights? Thanks

[@SparkyJames]

Thanks , the downlight are Unios Apex Dusk series, they have a high color rendering index you can order them in various reflection angles from wide to narrow, and 3 different sizes unios.com/product/apex-dusk-downlight/- I get them from HS reflections in WA but they are sold by various businesses www.hsreflections.com.au/

[@bitsorbytes]

@@SparkyJames thanks! I'll check them out! Keep up the great work.

[@Poundy]

Looking forward to them getting more in stock - they look pretty good. Similar use case, do you have any recommendation on a HA friendly fan speed controller for an older fan that currently has a generic 3 speed switch? I'm trying to avoid the Deta one as that LED always on would kill me and I've read reports about them not being overly reliable. Bonus points if it had rotary dial control - but wonder if I would need to replace fans with newer (DC?) fans for that...

[@SparkyJames]

I know , if they can get enough I bet they’ll sell heaps of them. I’ve used this fan controller kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6rToJ2EmZt8n7s I believe they make it with a wall plate as well with the 3 speeds as buttons

[@me217]

i too am looking for one of these. want it to fit in the old wall plates, have a physical control as well as local home assistant.

[@Humphrey181]

I was gearing up to go down the Shelly dimmer path but it didn’t have the rotary dimmer included. This will definitely make life easier, with a much higher WAF. Quick question (confirmation) how does the system control the brightness remotely? Which take precedence, the local dimmer setting or the remotely controlled setting?

[@SparkyJames]

It’s a relative encoder so there is no physical high or low position , you simply turn the knob to increase or decrease brightness and the change reflects in HA , and in HA you can change it up and down. If HA is shutdown or there is no wifi it still just a normal functioning dimmer.

[@kipuchino]

@@SparkyJames This is great. Exactly what I was looking for as we are currently renovating.

[@Humphrey181]

Any ideas how this would work in SmartThings? Do we have the dimming function? Most Tuya stuff comes across fine. I haven’t had the time to commit to Home Assistant.

[@meierthomas]

Great find, mate. I'm in the process of replacing my rotary dimmers. Question on tuya local (first time user). You used the Tuya app for the initial setup. That account would be on an external server which is not really in line with the Home Assistant philosophy. While tuya local controls the device locally without cloud is there still a connection to the Tuya cloud server/account?

[@SimonJackson]

Did you have any luck getting these working with TuyaLocal? Woud love to see some settings/tips on getting them in using this. Is it a switch or a light or both?

[@meierthomas]

@@SimonJackson Yeah, they're a light in Local Tuya. I simply followed the excellent tutorial here and got them added with no dramas

[@mareckorlicki6334]

hi Looks great but do you know if this dimmer connect to the tuya smart downlight to give manual access to the smart light

[@SparkyJames]

Sorry no this is only for standard downlights

[@psyz1152]

Thanks for the video - these dimmers look to be exactly what I have been hunting for. Would you happen to know which Tuyu chip is used? Guessing it wont be compatible with tasmota but hoping it might be with OpenBeken. Thanks in advance

[@MrCraigCurtin]

Its a realtek chip the wbr3 - it is shown in the video. Not supported by any of the projects yet - but a few of them were hopeful of gettin support for the Realtek chips

[@psyz1152]

@@MrCraigCurtin Thanks for the info and apologies I missed this in the vid. Fingers crossed for support in the future

[@jmgacousticmusic]

Hi James, thanks for the content. Is this still using phase control from the dimmer? I am in South East Queensland and suffer bad with ripple tone injection from Energex causing my downlights in dimmers to flicker. I was hoping this was simply a wifi rotary encoder that I could integrate into HS to then control programmatically a wifi enabled downlight that doesn't rely on phase control input signal

[@SparkyJames]

You could do that with this dimmer. There is the problem that it relies on wifi for the lights to work. But what you wanted this could do.

[@jmgacousticmusic]

@@SparkyJames thanks mate, so essentially the output to load would not be connected but essentially just have it provide the states and rotary position via wifi. Do you know if there are any adaptors for this to fit into a Clipsal iconic series grid plate?

[@glennpitman6161]

Great vid, where r they from. I have held off buying a Shelly dimmer, this might be ideal for what I want. Tnx

[@SparkyJames]

OZ smart things, unfortunately they have sold out, but I hope they get more because they are great, and I’ve not seen them anywhere else, but I assume if someone is manufacturing them it’s only a matter of time till they distribute more.

[@74357175]

Man, I've been looking for something like this in the US market! 😕

[@zenstrukt]

I'm all for a dimmer like this 🙂 But from what I've been advised it's even more susceptible to our 750Hz or 1050Hz ripple signal for off-peak, etc. Have grabbed me a set of 2+1 free via Oz Smart Things - they should do well in my bedrooms - especially for the kid's rooms where they tend to leave it on... As we do have bedside lamps on mostly after 10pm, the use case is pretty good and should hopefully avoid the nuisance signal.

[@FreeRem]

Are they affected by the ripple signal?

[@zenstrukt]

@@FreeRem yes they are. I've been eyeing out the THOR ripple filter in my case - which should hopefully help. Overall though these are some rock solid dimmers.

[@youtubkeeper]

Could you explain this? The only thing I've noticed is that they interfere with my TV signal (but TV is on the wall behind the dimmer).

[@MrCraigCurtin]

Have you notice the problem that i documented above with the latest batch ? i..e if you turn it off at the switch (physical) they are no longer available in the app ? Have you got them recognized as switches rather than just dimmers in the app ?

[@zenstrukt]

@@MrCraigCurtin I haven't noticed an issue with using it via Tuya or Home Assistant - they appear as dimmers without an issue in there 🙂 All automations still holding up fine as well. They've actually been flawless for me otherwise

[@matthewking2342]

Hi thanks for the video. Do you know if this can connect to Google home for voice controls?

[@SparkyJames]

Yes through the Tuya smart app or via Home Assistant with NabuCasa Cloud activated

[@matthewking2342]

@@SparkyJames thanks would the tuya smart app be the easier option?

[@SparkyJames]

@@matthewking2342 yes it would be easier

[@kashxpert]

Hi James, great video mate, does it fit in Clipsal Iconic range?

[@SparkyJames]

Sorry no, iconic have effectively blocked out any third party applications like this it’s a closed ecosystem, as of now your choice is the control link push button and a Shelly , even the iconic dimmers that are Bluetooth using wiser have no api to connect with last I checked

[@kashxpert]

@@SparkyJames thanks mate, is there another range and brand that looks nice and these fit in it?

[@Etacovda63]

@@SparkyJames I think he means does it fit the wall plates, not the clipsal zigbee system

[@rossco5551]

I will never buy Clipsal again for that reason. The Iconic are rubbish, excessively priced and inflexible for upgrade.

[@mulaco]

I have the same question around whether the mech will fit the iconic plates. The product page specifically calls out iconic, so I'm hoping it's a yes!

[@MrCraigCurtin]

Just wondering if anyone on here has these recognized as Dimmer Switches in the Tuya app. Mine (no matter if added automatically or manually) keep setting themselves up as Dimmers only. There is no way to activate them in the app - but once turned on manually by pressing the physical button they are then avaialable to dim up and down. Ultimately i will be using these with Node Red rather than HA but sending them commands through the TuyaAPI engine - they seem to ignore the on/off commands in DPS 1 - anyone else seen this ? I have contacted the supplier and they just referred me to the video and said thats it !

[@MrCraigCurtin]

I have just added this into the latest version of HA using the V5 of the LocalTuya HACS integration. I note that at 9:20 in the video he seems to have the same issue that i am seeing but glosses over it - if you turn the device on from HA - it immediately turns off again and then all control is lost until it is switched back on from the physical push button on the switch. Jimmy wondering if you can comment on this and advise whether you are seeing the same behaviour ? Craig

[@MrCraigCurtin]

OK more messing around and i debugging down at the ethernet packet level and i can not see anyway that these devices are going to work in HA without a Firmware update - once they are turned off all automation and control is lost from them until they are re-enabled from the switch itself (by pushing) - so i bought two of these based on Jimms enthusiasm in this video and i wonder now whether he is still using them (and if he is experiencing the same issues that i am) or if this was some form of paid promotion and these have been consigned to the scrap heap. I have to say that the supplier is appaling at answering emails or in any way appearing to be interested in addressing the issue that i have identified.

[@ASI48N]

I'm having a similar issues. unable to find in tuya. haven't yet set up HA

[@rxs87]

did you get these working?

[@florrycampanaro2102]

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