@yakkoTDI

Mrs Christmas is taking a vacation in the Bahamas this year…

@lonocat Darn… NO exploding kitty

@lonocat Is anything cat-proof?

@blaineg @lonocat Most things are rated up to one (1) cat-proof. Like foolproof things are only rated to protect from a single fool; anything in large numbers (in these cases, greater than 1) tends to throw everything into disarray (but sometimes into dat array).

@IndifferentDude When I skimmed the manual, I had hopes each bulb was individually addressable with the mention of “first light”. Sadly they are not.

@ciabelle Yeah, it’s an odd setup. I assume “First”, “Second”, etc. refer to each attached set and not individual light.

@ciabelle @IndifferentDude Looks like “First Light” refers to the entire string of one to four sets. “First Light” is the default name for the string but you can use any name you like.

@DaveMan2048 According to the manual, they can be controlled from the transformer/plug via push buttons, but that requires using your hands, like an animal.

@DaveMan2048 The manual says they connect via WiFi, so if you’re willing to spend the time writing some code, I bet HA will support these.

@DaveMan2048 @yeppers I was expecting this to be a Tuya device but it does appear to only work with Alexa. You can have Home Assistant control it via Alexa routines. If you want to control it locally it would be a royal pain. I still suspect it is probably a Tuya device and it might work with pairing the Tuya app.

@shirlema
It says you get 12 bulbs… Maybe they already edited it, IDK.

@Lynnerizer they did because I checked a few times because I couldn’t believe it

@shirlema
I’m still confused about what they actually are. I don’t get why they don’t show the string of lights, UNLESS… it’s not actually a string of lights.

Edit… I clearly don’t know what I’m talking about! I’m seeing them pretty clearly this time when I looked. Clearly OPERATOR ERROR as I like to say! Lol

@Lynnerizer @shirlema PEBCAK

@Lynnerizer @shirlema PICNIC

@Lynnerizer @Milyvan1 @shirlema Not enough people use PICNIC.

@CarDowBenn Nope, trust me you don’t want solar string lights. Dim glow for a few hours after sunset. Then internal batteries go bad. Worse for the environment than just using a few cents of local electricity. If you have solar on your roof providing power to your house, then yes they could be solar. (most utilities allow you to “bank” power that you generate during the day to use overnight. But they are cracking down because they are getting nervous about too many people adding solar and hurting the fossil fuel cartels).

@CarDowBenn @pmarin I use solar lights for a bush at the end of my drive that has no easy way to run power. Everything else is plug in.

@DonWhiteside I went and looked at smart strings on Amazon. Usually seeing 15 bulbs on a 48 foot line. 12 on 25 is actually a pretty good density. I’m more curious if they’re just RGB Or RGBW. Color duplication on an RGB only is meh (not to pun) without a white source.

@scorpyo72 It might be good for multicolor I guess. The ones I have that look like the picture above, but only in an LED warm white, the bulbs are about 14” apart. Even that isn’t great for illumination purposes on my patio so I’d caution folks to view these as purely decorative.