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wcrosman wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:43 pm My Tuya smart plugs along with the free Smart Life app allow me to set the plug to turn on automatically at sunrise and off at sunset.

Is there a way to get it to automatically turn on/off at sunrise/sunset for a location other than your own?

You can set your location for the app when setting up your account. It will be the same location for all the smart devices.

Fair enough. Not quite the way I was hoping to do it, since it can’t change after registering and all the devices have to be set to the same location.

You could set up a seperate wi fi network for different devices.

Just to pile on another example: I use a "vintage" timer with little lift buttons around a dial to set ON and OFF times. My VFTs are in a cool Wisconsin basement. I also have the lights a little farther away during the darkest weeks of dormancy, and gradually move lights closer in the spring.

I am of course checking the plants' moisture at least weekly, and adjust the dial as needed then. My very first year of dormancy I had a totally automatic dawn/dusk set-up and kept forgetting to check on them, with disastrous results.

schmeg wrote:Just to pile on another example: I use a "vintage" timer with little lift buttons around a dial to set ON and OFF times. My VFTs are in a cool Wisconsin basement. I also have the lights a little farther away during the darkest weeks of dormancy, and gradually move lights closer in the spring.

I am of course checking the plants' moisture at least weekly, and adjust the dial as needed then. My very first year of dormancy I had a totally automatic dawn/dusk set-up and kept forgetting to check on them, with disastrous results.

lol, mine is just a basic GE non grounded plug timer, I had plugged an outlet splitter into it so that I can add fans, or even more lights if needed, but I had changed that eventually, because the 36 watt sansi bulb is probably the brightest light that I will ever need. My plants are still alive, I will update in the spring if they pull through. They do seem fine right now though.


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