I would love to see a more detailed video on how you linked the lights and switches in your daughter's room. Video is amazing, I am slowly getting into home automation and love your channel.

Great video as always. A word of caution if you attach a dimmer to a standard outlet: Many years ago, when video cameras were high-end tech and cost 1/4 of a typical car, I plugged a high-end video camera into an outlet in a theatre. Tested it and all worked fine. Then started recording the performance. A little way in the Lighting guy in the AV control room pulled down all the dimmers and the AC outlet I was connected to was one of them. It completely fried the power supply unit _and_ the power circuit in the camera. Be very careful what you connect downstream of a dimmer.

I have a handful of Shellies and they are very reliable. The only gripe I have ( common to most of these types of devices ) is the screw terminals. When connecting 14 AWG solid wires, I have had a tough time squeezing the thing back into the box without dislodging wires. I finally solved that by using stranded wire on the Shelly and using Wago connectors ( I guess you could use wire nuts. Ugh! ) to attach the solid wires. It takes up more space, but really makes it more reliable. This also makes it easier to remove or replace the Shelly since you don't need a screwdriver. I gave up on the Sonoff devices because of the skimpy PC traces that overheated and destroyed the device. I fixed a couple by soldering wires to the back of the PCB, but that is a lot of work to solve a simple problem. It is interesting that the eMylo devices ship with the Wago connectors.

Thanks Rob! Now we need you to help with setting the shelly as a automation trigger!

Haven't been keeping up with all the new Shelly products. Thank you for the update, now I need to go out and buy some more devices.

Thank you for your informative videos, just ordered 2 Shelly dimmers! Going to dim the lights next to my tv and my hallway lights based on the time of day

Nice video! Quick question, in your daughter room I saw 3 or 4 light switches in the wall. For each one did you use one shelly device?

Shelly are the best , Another awesome video from Rob :)

Wow that sounds really cool! I wish I understood at least some of that tho. Is it possible to use this to be able to control a light switch via voice commands with Alexa AND the switch? Some times I walk into my bed room and just want to be able to turn on the light via the switch and the turn it off once I exit, but I also want to be able to turn the light off via voice or the app when I'm already in bed. Is there a way to do that?

Another great vid. Wow! The dimmer SL (no neutral) looks like a real game changer. I know this is a new product, but I hope they follow up quickly with a 2 channel version of this.

Now I am going to have to go buy some more of them. Thanks for the motivation :-)

Great video. Does the Shelly dimmer 2 work with any dimmer or does it have to be the Shelly switches?

These look like they would potentially help my setup in my new to me house. A 50's build with a couple updates here/there. I have switches that control outlets, but have a ceiling fan+light un-switched. Seems I could pair these in the ceiling with a smart switch to wirelessly control the light without having to run a new wire to the light in the fan and leave the outlets un-switched.

Thankyou for this. Words like Shelly and Tasmota get thrown a lot in the home assistant Facebook group and it can add to an already steep learning curve. I saw that you had Shelly videos and knew you’d break it down well and you did. I was stoked about the innovelli switches because of being able to disable the relay but these may be another solution

Thanks Rob! Awesome video as always. Note of caution, it is bad practice, and probably a code violation, to attach a dimmer to an outlet. Plugging a non-dimmable device into the outlet would result in... something? What if the in-laws come over for the holidays and plug in their iPhone charger to that dimmer controlled power strip or outlet? I don't know honestly. What happens? I feel like it wouldnt be good.

Love you videos! Your good; unfortunately I'm still waiting firy dimmers to arrive. It's about to be 2 months , but nvermind for a good product the wait is worthy 👍

Wow! The Shelly App is SUPER robust. Glad to see you're back Rob, you've clearly been busy. Didn't think I'd pull it off, but I got my lights mounted and running and thanks to DrZzs running off WLED for now. I've been looking at the Shellys since your first video, but most of my switches are 3-Way, so I have to figure out the wiring before I jump in. Great ideas with using the "outlet" switches to wirelessly control other things, that'll work PERFECT for some underbed lighting in my sons room too.

Wow great vid! Shelly Dimmer in-line for a lamp or other lights, so great!! I'm gonna try your case with some silicon sealant and use it outside for my garden lights. Best vide yet!

Great tutorial! This is very helpful for planning out my next steps. I would like to see a video integrating Shelly products with Hubitat if possible. Thank you for all that you do.

I'm looking for smart switch/relay that will switch on/off a 12v DC LED light used in an RV or auto? It needs to be fairly thin in size. Preferably Zigbee or wifi protocol. Any suggestions?

Hello could you do a video of hoe to install the Shelly dimmer in to a 3way switch.

This is so awesome and makes me sad, because I don't have a single neutral wire in all my switchboxes... I use Zigbee switches with energy harvesting instead, but it just ain't the same.

Nice summary - well done :)

A little late to the party with the comments, but I agree that the Shelly products work very well.

I've got a Shelly Relay idea!!! My Thermador gas cooktop, in my kitchen, has a 120v indicator light when a bank of burners is on. More than once, I have left my house wondering if the cooktop was on!!! How about using a relay that, when powered, AND when Geofencing notices that I am not in the house, sends a text command to my phone saying that a gas burner is ON? Which relay would be best for that?

Im looking to make my office ceiling fan smart or able to control it remotely. I only have a single light switch to the fan witch only supplies power. I would like to be able to control the light and the fan depending on the time of day and temp in my office? Is there any way the Shelly device would work for me?

Does it keep constant power to the light if you turn the light off at the switch? The problem I have (like many other people) is that if someone else at my house turns off the switch then my automations won't work so I was wondering if this Shelly device would solve my problem. I know that actual smart switches can do this but I don't have neutral wires at my house so I can't have them. Unfortunately, Lutron Caseta would be an option which doesn't require neutral but it's not certified for Australia.

All the wasted years.... where has this been all my life?? This will change everything!

Great comparison, very useful. Thank you.

Thanks

I only have one ? everything today seems to work from a phone which is great ,however can I use the shelly components with a Mac pc ? if so what program is available

Will these work with native 12v systems? I'm looking to separately dim, via app or remote, multiple lighting zones on an RV

This is Great!! Have you tried using them to create smart blinds? If so, I would love to watch that video.

So the Shelly 1 PM wouldn't be good for using to simulate button presses? i was following the garage door tutorial but i thought the shelly 1 pm would be useful for hte voltage and temp gage, but if only the shell1 has a 12v mode then I need to return the shelly 1 pm?

Shelly products are of a really great quality!

Just a heads up, the link here shelly.cloud/wifi-smart-home-automation-shelly-dimmer/ shows the pinout for the header for the Shelly Dimmer. It's the wrong way round. Just to clarify. I did a continunity test and can confirm the pins are the reverse of whats in the picture on the site. With the reset button on the right the left most pin is Gnd then 3v3, GPIO0, GPIO2, RX, with TX next to the reset button.

What I’m wondering is if you can setup a Shelly dimmer with two different switching devices attached to the entries. So for instance on 1 comes a motion switch, smallest pulse is approx 5seconds, and on 2 a push button. The button is to overrule the motion switch and to use the dimming settings. Using the Shelly dimmer 2 with home assistant.

I'm not that interested in RGB stuff so this was a welcome change of topic for me. Thanks!

Question: I am not quite familiar with wiring up devices and I am trying to understand. @ 2:30 the video goes over how you can wire up a Shelly 1, to xmas lights because of its dry contacts. Why wouldn't you be able to do the same thing via Shelly 1pm, or Shelly 2.5 ?

at 7:19, i think the bulb is missing a wire. how to wire it correctly to the Shelly Dimmer?

Great Video as always. I recently installed my first shelly behind a switch plate after I got tired of my wife resetting my smart lights by using the physical switches. Could you go into a bit more detail about the detached switch mode? What does the actual wiring look like? Could you provide a schematic?

As usual fantastic video!!

Thank you.

In Canada the shelly devices are 6x more expensive than sonoff. So that's definitely a stretch from comparison ... :(

I am looking to add some LED strips to a home bar i am building. There will be 4 glass or acrylic shelves each with 24V RGB LED strips behind them. Each shelf will always display the same color when on. How many of which Shelly controller would i need for the 4 strips. Does it matter if they are not all connected to each other or do they need to be? I will also want to add one long 24V RGB LED strip under the counter again controlled by a Shelly unit. Which would be the right product for this? Thank you in advance for your help. I will order from your links.

I really like your videos. I don't want to use a lot of time explaining all the reasons why but, know that I do. I have watched this video several time because I really like the idea of a shelly dimmer on an extension cord. I went to buy a shelly dimmer to rig this up however, I can no long buy a Shelly dimmer. I can only find the Shelly dimmer 2. There are some difrences. I was wondering if you have run the SD2 on an extension cord and if so could you explain the wireing? Thank you!

is there a shelly that will be able to control a ceiling fan?

Us the Shelly rgbw module, with a pwn to 0-10v chip ;) fancoils, motor regulators, meanwell 0-10v elg transformers, the sky is the limit :) i have currently set up over a kw of leds, with the control of only one rgbw module

Using 3 RGBW2's to control the cabin lights on my boat. all light strips. Running the Shelly's in white mode, but from one of them I pull cable to the Red LED on the strip to have night vision friendly light as well. Running Openplotter and (trying) to get a grip on MQTT/Node red to rule them all. :-D Thanks for the inspiration!

Again great video! I'm wondering if you can answer this. I have 2 lights (G9 bulbs) which can be switched on/off at the same time with 3 physical switches. 2 located downstairs and 1 upstairs. Could I use a Shelly to make them switch on/off through homeassistant? I have neutral.

Can the yellow one (RGB2?) be used for my fireplace wall switch which seems to be low voltage?? Thanks!

I have been looking for an alternative to mysa with energy monitoring for inline voltage smart thermostat for baseboard heat and cannot find anything. Ideally no hub and no external relays, but will take into consideration. For a new heater I need to add, was thinking to just buy a 1000W 120v heater and use the ShellyPM in line with a cheap double pole Honeywell thermostat, or use a sonoff th-16 with attachable thermostat (but ideally want the pm for energy monitoring) However all my existing heaters are 2 line 240v. The Shelly pm can handle 3500W but says it requires a neutral, which on a 240v 2 line heater in US, means no neutral. Any ideas? Is there Something out there that could work and still fit in the baseboard electrical box?

I'm using a shelly 2.5 for a light and a ceiling fan. In home asstants shelly inagration there is a shelly temperature sensor. I guess is is for the device. It is reading 155°F with the fan and light on. Is that normal. When I touch the shelly case it don't fell that hot. Please help I need to know if this is ok. Thank you

Hi, Very interesting videos! I am new to the this smart revolution and trying to catch up :-) Which Shelly device can I use to control a towel warmer? I need an ‘auto off’ function for my warmer. Thanks

shelly dimmer supports 2 switches to controll dimming. is there any possibility to detect switches turned on and off without controling dimmer? i would like to use second switch for something else

Great video, Does Shelly have a ceiling fan controller ? Thanks Garry

Hello Rob, I began to see these single live relays say the Shelly Dimmer SL and some of ORVIBO's, how does it not require a neutral wire? How does that work? Thanks in advance!

I'm thinking about putting a 2.5 in the first box of my 3way lighting. There's no other way I can think of to keep a device powered w/o rewiring the circuit. I have the type 3 wiring from DrZzs video. 2 relays can simulate a SPDT (3-way) switch and power monitoring can sense a downstream switch state. HA automation can handle the footwork of displaying on/off status vs power threshold. Dumb switch just toggles the Shelly relays' state.

Is there anymore support for US based no neutral wiring? I have an older home and this seems like a cheaper option for me than a bunch of Lutron switches.

So if I want to keep smart bulbs powered but allow the use of the wall switch for people that don't listen to me, do I use the Shelly 1, PM or 2.5?

Tasmota and the SwitchModes are very interesting 👍🏼

I just installed the shelly 1 its awesome. but doesn't quite fit in my circuit box. it has detached mood which rocks hard. I use it to turn on Wled

Hello. Which Shelly should I use in case that I want to put a touch button?

Hello, the problem is that I cannot order the shelly 2.5 from outside the house with the cloud, I have activated the cloud from internet by IP, it can be seen that it is activated, but no is it that there is a cloud problem?

Did you put a scope on the output for the Dimmer module to see what the wave form looks like when it dims?

Hi. I would like to ask if the Shelly 1 can be used out of the box with the Smartlife android app. If not, can custom firmware such as Tasmota enable me to use this app? My Shelly 1 will be connected behind a traditional toggle switch to control a lamp. My aim through the Smartlife app is to simply toggle power on and off. Thanks

Could I wire a Shelby Dimmer into an old (circa 1930s) table fan to control the speed by “dimming” the power? If this is not a good idea, how about just a Shelly 1 to make the fan Wi-Fi capable?

Planning to buy bunch of these to automate lights locally in HA. Is it possible to use the dimming option of the Shelly dimmer as well as the manual dimming option of the actual switch? Basically my requirement is to automate the lights (Dim and switch on/off on certain times of the day), but need the manual dimmer of the actual switch to function whenever required. Any suggestion / recommendations ?

Great channel.. In your opinion...do you think the Shelly pm would run a 110v 1500 watt pool pump ? Haven’t found anything that is reliable for this application without overheating...keep up the work!!

Great video, thanks Rob.

Ordered a Shelly1 to do my Christmas tree like yours. Any instructions on that? I assume it just interrupts the power wire after the foot switch but how will I know which wire is the power wire?

Love your videos, . I did today an installation of multiple shelly dimmers. I have an interesting scenario. In my dining room I have 14 lights of 17w each exceeding the 220w maximum of the dimmer. So I split the load on 2 dimmers (still fits in the box) with 4 push buttons, on a single gang decora. I wonder how I can have both dimmers synch the brightness (and on/off) . So they work as a single unit... In tesmota we could have done rules, but unfortunately the shelly dimmer cannot use tesmota as of now.. Can probably achieve it with node red flows, but its getting complicated..

Love the video, so good ideas. Would love to know more about your daughters room setup. My son saw it and wants it now lol. Just two other question. Can you tell me how to active the MQTT section. Just can’t seem to find it for my 2.5 or the advanced development section Also would you flash with Tas or leave it on the app with MQTT

Can you add a tactile dimming method without the app on a phone, like on the wall or device?

Shelly 2.5 with roller shutter functionality 3:42 what does roller functionality mean sorry?

Think you could do a video on how to add a shelly to a swamp cooler switch? I'd love to automate my home swamp cooler

Good video 👍, one use for the Shelly 2.5 or PM1 is connected to a power point of a TV setup, and when the power use drops to a standby level (the tv is off) the power is cut entirely, via an automation. It can save a lot in power usage in some cases $60 a year.

Can i use the shelly 1 to detect the nest door bell by connecting at the chime?

Can shelly dimmer can handle 20 garden lights each light around 5w on 240v dc and protected by rcb 16a Thanks

could you compare shelly dimmer control with fibaro dimmer 2 ? i'm looking to replace theme with a wifi based dimmer, but autocalibration, none-linear curve, blownout bulb alarm are sweet. and i don't know how shelly dimmer work with a single momentary switch.

Since forums nor reddit have been helpful, maybe you can help. I have a Shelly 1 that activates a siren in case of panic. I've gotten it to work as a doorbell buzzer, by configuring it to auto-turn off in 0.5 seconds. So, when I press the button, it signals the alarm siren to start, and then it remains on until I press the button again. This is the way it should work, so I have no issues with that. Were the problem arises is that after the 0.5 second delay the light on the shelly or Alexa or Google turns OFF even if the siren is still blaring. If I press the button again it send the pulse and stops. In other words this is not a switch with an on/off state, but a buzzer that you press once to turn on and once to turn off. How do I set up the Shelly 1 to send the 0.5 second pulse and indicate it is ON until it is pressed again? I would really appreciate your help guys. TIA Alex 0 Co

Wowowowow form factor matters WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT?

For Canadians : Shelly 1 = 15$ or more / 6$ for Sonoff mini.....

Do you have a video about the dimmer with the box you 3d printed?

Say... Since you already did your own DIY Smart Curtains, would you happen to know if it would be possible to repurpose a Shelly 2.5 and their rolling shutter / end stop sensing functionality to do a simple DIY Smart Curtains build using a regular motor instead of the stepper shenanigans?

Hey Mister The Hook Up, thank you fo all you interesting videos! Did you know a way to have time translation dimmering with a shelly dimmer and/or a shelly rgbw2 (in Home Assistant)? If there is no official way, did you know a alternative to do that? Thank you and keep up you gret videos :))

Could you post each of these device idle power draw while connected to a wifi signal?

I'm looking for a way to turn my dumb washing/dryer machine in a smart one with Shelly EM. Any ideas?

You may have already discussed this but what is your opinion of the new working group Project Connected Home over IP? Do you think this will make it possible for smart devices like Shelly do you work with HomeKit?

I hope there is an answer to this. I was told to give both Shelly's a static IP address when one is referenced within the URL of the other.? But my ISP changes my home's IP address every month and to get a static IP Address is not possible without a third party like noip.com... getting more complicated. Did you give your Shelly's a static IP?

With all this talk of shoving things into electrical boxes, I think some discussion of The Electrical Code is in order, highlighting volume requirements based on box size and type, expected load, number of switches, wire gauge, etc. It's only fair, no?

Why a 3D printed case for the dimmer? It also fits into the Shelly button case :-)

Excellent video Rob. Nice to see the complete Shelly lineup. I like to see the quality and the UL approved devices. What are you running your home assistant on? My SD card on my RPi blew up and I need to restart. Heading to FB to join yours and Shellys groups. Thanks

I like the shelly line- up but I need a shelly unit that can be connected to a digital timer and when the timer signals that it is time for a number outside to be turned on or and off, that the shelly unit sends out a wi-fi or Bluetooth signal to all the other shelly controllers to turn on or off. please get shelly to work on that one.

I'd love to do the same to my daughters room!

Thank you for this video,very useful

Great video, my question is, I live in an old old house, my switch in the room only controls the outlets in the room, doesn’t control the lights, I have a fan with lights that I want to control from the switch, can I do this with Shellys?

do you have a tutorial for shelley dimmer with no neutral through the switch?

Can anyone help with following requirement? I have two lights - (a) 23w led light and (b) 10w led. The 23w led(sonoff slampher) has mains supply that means when power fails there is no light from this, whereas 10w led(sonoff mini) has mains/inverter supply, so i want the 10w lights to turn on automatically only during mains power failure and turn off automatically when mains power comes back.

Good stuff! FYI, looks like the Facebook page link is wrong or down.