On 6/29/2017 5:43 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/28/2017 6:57 PM, lucretia wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:49:26 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/28/2017 5:38 PM, lucretia wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:49:43 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/28/2017 3:45 PM, lucretia wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:22:49 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6/28/2017 12:15 PM, lucretia wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 09:13:28 -0400, jmcquown
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 6/27/2017 2:04 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nothing scary about it, just don't need a lot of it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Exactly, Cheri. I don't need everything to be connected. In
>>>>>>>>> this case
>>>>>>>>> I'm talking about smart phones and "connected" appliances.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Why would I need to be able to turn the lights on (or off) in
>>>>>>>>> my house
>>>>>>>>> via a phone? If I'm going out and I know it will be dark when
>>>>>>>>> I return,
>>>>>>>>> I switch on a lamp before I leave. No need to turn on lights
>>>>>>>>> using an
>>>>>>>>> app on a phone.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Living in a house I might like to turn different lights on and
>>>>>>>> off if
>>>>>>>> I was away, to make it appear I was not away.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I used timers that turned the lights on and off in the bedroom and
>>>>>>> living room when I was away. Just plug it into the electric
>>>>>>> socket and
>>>>>>> plug the lamp into the timer. Set the timer. On at dusk, off at
>>>>>>> bedtime. On again in the morning, off during the day.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I usethose for convenience but I am referring to a house, if you want
>>>>>> potential burglars to think someone is at home, the lights need to be
>>>>>> different every night. You can't do that with timers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Of course you can. AM PM, different times and different lights in
>>>>> different rooms. You can turn the TV on and off. Anything you can
>>>>> plug
>>>>> into an electric outlet. No need for a "smart" anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> You believe they are so dumb they don't see a pattern?
>>>>
>>> All I can say is I was never burglarized when I was away from home.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Aren't you in a gated community or something?
>>
> Yes, I am now. But I lived in my last apartment for 12 years. When I
> went away, either on business or a vacation, I just set the timers in
> different rooms to lamps on and off at the times they normally would if
> I was home.
>
> Jill

I have an under cabinet light in the kitchen. The fixture have been
changed over the years but it has been on for 36 years. Living room
light and a light over the family room door to the side go on and off
for many years too. When we go away I will set a bedroom and family
room timer.