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They do make plastic ones too! ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

Pretty much but that depends how big that light fixture is to! [emoji38][emoji12]

No matter what you do write down and take a photo of the Insteon MAC address! Along with placing a piece of clear tape over it in case it falls off. ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

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It could be just a small box next to above it, or below so it looks clean and uniform. [emoji4]

Drew, All you need to do is use a larger outdoor rated box to install the ILL. Then install the LED fixture to the box. Bam - your golden ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

Best to install a larger box the ILL can go inside with the LED fixture attached. ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

No worries but as Gary noted it's not recommended to install the ILL in the attic if you live in a hot climate. Considering most places even where I live in the cold aszz GWN the temps are greater than 50-60'C! Heat is the primary killer of electronics besides low / high voltage conditions.

Just a link to the product you intend to buy and install to view the specs. ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

Drew, Just to be clear can you offer a direct link to the LED fixture? [emoji848] I ask because we don't want to recommend the wrong Insteon solution for the product you intend to use if it's not compatible. I.e. When you say spot light do you really mean a motion activated light fixture. If this is indeed a motion activated motion light please keep in mind you can't use Insteon on those devices advertised as having dual bright technology. If on the other hand this is just a multi head / single head spot light with no electronics / ballasts etc. You're good to go using the ILL Dimmer. ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

Yup, please ensure your wattage falls within the ILL's operating capacity. Keeping in mind lots of cheaper LED bulbs have a huge inrush start up current when first turned on. This can range from 2-30 times the RMS current for fraction of s second. Lastly, keep in mind the switch in the home must be a dimmer to use direct dimming unless you create scenes with defined output levels via programs etc. ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

Unless you already have a none dimmable LED present installing a dimmable ILL only makes sense over the long run. As it will allow you to define the light output to different scenarios when needed. Ex. 100% output for dog duties. 50% for perimeter lighting before midnight, 25% after midnight for beacon street location identification. ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

Drew was there a specific reason you didn't select the ILL dimmer vs the relay? Unless the LED fixtures is listed as not dimmable as some aren't. I ask because Smartlabs indicates this is the only (formal) Insteon device that supports LED dimmable lighting.

As of the writing no but you can certainly post this question under the feature request forum and perhaps this can be added in future releases. I noticed the discrepancy when I turned off query on reboot to speed up my boot times. I noticed the actual (different) states like the ramp rate wasn't fully updated unless you manually selected query vs 3:00 AM query?!? [emoji53]

I really can't comment on the program aspect but know there is indeed a difference from the 3:00 AM Query. And those invoked from a user by right mouse clicking on any Insteon hardware device in the *Device Tree*. Off the top of my head I don't recall why the system does this but its not a bug and is by design.

Any of the X10 filters will operate just fine with Insteon. Your biggest challenge with the XPF is finding room for that honking case! [emoji53] ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

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Ha - See!

You could always purchase those LED dimming stickers. Seems to work well for lots of folks. ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

Sounds good, how far is the HDS from the closest dual band hardware device? [emoji848] Also what kind of door (skin) material is being used? Wood, fiberglass, metal? To state the obvious if the door skin is metal expect reduced signaling from the HDS.

Ideally you should create a heart beat detection program along with the low battery alert this would tell you if the device was in range and still alive. The low battery threshold can be adjusted for best use case and threshold level you feel comfortable. It's quite unfortunate you seem to be on site to complete these HA tasks only to be blind sided by a few gotchas. ☹️ You can still remote in and craft the programs now however so all is not lost! [emoji851] ========================= The highest calling in life is to serve ones country faithfully - Teach others what can be. Do what is right and not what is popular.

Glad you figured it out but you need to confirm this is so . . .

Besides purchasing the hardware you will also need to activate the Z-Wave module for $1.00.

Yes, there has been a ongoing upgrade package for those migrating from the 99 to 994. You can simply go to the UDI sales page and go from there. NOTE: Technically if you have the *Network Module* you can still use Amazon Echo via (roll your own) using 3rd party software and middle ware like a RPi. Its free besides the initial outlay for the RPi but it allows you to reduce your on going costs for the portal.

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