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June 06, 2022

Simple Ways To Mix In Smart Lighting In Your Home

From the bathroom and bedroom to the kitchen and dining room, light bulbs around your interior are a requirement. However, are you gaining the utmost from your bulbs? Why not improve how you make use of light by incorporating smart lighting devices within your home.

What Are Smart Bulbs?

First off - what is a smart bulb? These LED bulbs link together to a WiFi connection and provides a homeowner complete mastery over your home's illumination. All through the use of an app -- like a home security app.

Reduce the brightness of individual bulbs to any level without using a dimmer switch, or check on your smartphone to see if you accidentally left them on. Set your lights to turn on at a particular time -- like first thing in the morning -- and power down on their own when it's time for bed. You can even tweak your lights to automatically set to the current mood, like at 20% during movie night. You can even connect your smart lights to Alexa or Google Nest and command your bulbs through your voice.

Smart Lighting Combines With A Security System For The Perfect Combination

Convenience is just one perk of smart lights, though. Installing smart bulbs are a fantastic means to enhance your home security. Illuminated homes are a trespassers. Crooks look to obscure their identity and hide their location in the night.

A house loaded with smart lighting is able to be controlled by an automation that’s part of a home security system. You can create light patterns that mimic typical life within the home, making it look like like the owners are traveling from one room to another. By having your lights flip on and off throughout the building, anyone who might be watching your house will think that people are in the building and moving around.

Where To Install Smart Bulbs

You don’t have to retrofit your entire interior to have smart lighting. In your home, most smart light bulbs will be usable with your existing lamps and fixtures. Get started by determining which places you want to make “smart” first and foremost. You do not need to change out every single light bulb, as It's not an all-or-nothing situation. If you are blown back by the concept of smart lighting, then place a single bulb and branch out from there.

For the interior of your house, switch out light bulbs in rooms with windows. To begin, look at the lamps and fixtures in a living room, bedroom, or den. The purpose is to light up a window enough for the glow to be seen to anyone outside. Definitely focus on lighting up the front of your doorway as many break-ins happen through the front door.

As for surrounding of your house, swap to smart lighting near frequented entrances to the building. Consider lights located by all doors, either in the front, side, or back of your property. Don't forget the lights on your garage as well. If an individual breaks into your house through the garage, you can flip on that garage light with a press of a button.

Obtain Your Smart Lighting With Your Home Security System

Smart lights are effortless to install and simple to use. With the advice of a security specialist, you can see ways to leverage smart light bulbs in conjunction with your new home security system. Speak to an expert at (833) 205-9194 or submit the form below.