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Outdoors
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Colour deck lights you run from your phone
Keep your 12 or 24 V RGBW deck lights and add a small controller, so they come on at sunset in any colour or white you like. Run them from the Philips Hue app, Home Assistant or the Shelly app.
Gledopto Zigbee Pro+ Mini LED Strip Controller Control with any of 
Outdoor lights on at sunset, off at midnight
Porch, path and garden lights follow the sun through the year without you touching a switch. Run the lights you have from a Shelly relay, or fit Philips Hue outdoor lights, and set it up in their app or Home Assistant.
Shelly 1 Gen4 Smart Relay Control with any of 
Run the pool pump when it costs less
The pool pump is one of the hungriest circuits in most houses, so schedule its runs into off-peak windows and see what each one uses. Changing the season's run times happens from the couch, not the pump shed.
Shelly 1PM Gen4 Smart Relay Control with any of 
Water the garden on a schedule
The relay's dry contact drives standard irrigation solenoids, so beds and lawn water on a schedule without a dedicated controller. Rain coming? Skip the next run from your phone. Shelly 1 Gen4 Smart Relay +2 Control with any of Garage & gate
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Entry & hallway
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Lights and heating that come on when you get home
Tap Leaving home as you go out. The next time the front door opens after dark, the entry light comes on, and the heater too if you want it.
Shelly BLU Door/Window ZB +1 Control with any of Lights off and door locked in one press on the way out
Everything off and the door locked on the way out, in one press on the way past. Coming home, the same panel turns the lights on before you have found a switch, let alone a phone. Control with Living room
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Control any group of lights from one wall switch
Outdoor lights on, the lounge set for a movie, everything off at bedtime. Behind one switch plate, each press sets the lights the way you choose.
Shelly i4 Gen3 Control with any of 
Dim the lights from the couch for movie night
Drop the lights to a glow from the couch, then bring them back up when it's time to tidy. Fit a Shelly dimmer behind the wall plate, or swap to Philips Hue bulbs and use the app.
Shelly Dimmer Gen4 Control with any of 
Lights that dim on a schedule each evening
The lights fade down to a low glow after dinner instead of snapping between full and off. Do it with a Shelly dimmer behind the wall plate or Philips Hue bulbs, in their app or Home Assistant. Shelly Dimmer Gen4 Control with any of 
Open and close blinds and awnings at sunrise and sunset
Motorised blinds, shutters and awnings open at sunrise, close at sunset and drop to a set position for the afternoon heat, from a schedule or your phone. Works with standard 230 V cover motors.
Shelly 2PM Gen4 Smart Relay Control with any of 
Open and close the blinds from a wall switch
Keep the up and down switch you have and fit a Shelly behind it, so the blinds run from the wall and from your phone. Add a second switch anywhere in the room without new cable. Shelly 2PM Gen4 Smart Relay Control with any of 
Under-cabinet kitchen lights you run from your phone
A smooth line of light under your kitchen cabinets, bright white for cooking and a warm glow at night. Use a Philips Hue lightstrip, or a dotless strip on a small Gledopto controller that joins the Hue app or Home Assistant. Gledopto Zigbee Pro+ Mini LED Strip Controller +1 Control with any of Bedroom
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Lights that come on as you walk in, softer late at night
A sensor turns the bedroom or hallway light on as you walk in, at full brightness in the evening and a low glow at 2am. Fit Philips Hue bulbs and a motion sensor, or keep your lights and add a Shelly dimmer and presence sensor.
Philips Hue Motion Sensor +2 Control with any of 
Lights that fade up to wake you in the morning
The bedroom lights come up slowly before your alarm, so you wake to a lit room instead of a dark one. Do it with a Shelly dimmer behind the wall plate or Philips Hue bulbs, in their app or Home Assistant. Shelly Dimmer Gen4 Control with any of Get warned about an open window before rain arrives
The tilt reading tells you a window is cracked for air rather than shut. Tie it to the forecast and you get the nudge before the weather arrives, not after. Control with See and switch off what's still on before bed
One glance shows what is still on around the house, and turns off whatever should not be. It saves the lap of the hallway with a phone torch. Control with Bathroom
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A warm towel rail on winter mornings
Schedule the rail for weekday mornings and it's warm when you step out of the shower, off again before you leave. No more discovering it's been heating an empty house all day. Shelly 1PM Gen4 Smart Relay Control with any of 
Bathroom fan that clears the steam, then turns itself off
The exhaust fan keeps running after the light goes off, long enough to clear the steam, then shuts itself down. Add a humidity sensor and it only runs when the room needs it. Shelly 2PM Gen4 Smart Relay Control with any of Laundry & utility
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Get a phone alert when the washing is done
A small meter behind the washing machine's power point sees the power drop when the cycle ends and sends a notification to your phone. No new machine, and nothing changes about how you use it.
Shelly EM Mini Gen4 Energy Meter Control with any of 
Know the moment there's a water leak
A leak sensor beside the washing machine, the sink or the hot water unit. When water reaches it, the sensor sounds an alarm and so does your phone.
Shelly Flood Gen4 Control with any of 
Run the hot water on off-peak or solar
Put the hot water system on a timer, so it heats on overnight off-peak rates or in the middle of the day on your solar. One schedule on one circuit, and you can see what every heat-up uses.
Shelly Ogemray 25A Smart Relay Control with any of Whole home
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A roof-space fan that runs when the roof gets hot
A temperature probe in the roof space switches the exhaust fan on when the air up there gets hot, and off again once it cools. It runs on the relay itself, so it keeps working without the internet. Shelly 1 Gen4 Smart Relay +2 Control with any of 
Add a second light switch without running new cable
A Shelly i4 behind a second switch tells the light to change over Wi-Fi, so the far end of the hall or the top of the stairs gets its own switch. Nobody runs cable between the two. Shelly i4 Gen3 +1 Control with any of 
Find out what an appliance costs to run
A small meter behind the power point records every kilowatt-hour an appliance uses. Add your tariff and you can see what the heater, fridge or pool pump really costs. Shelly EM Mini Gen4 Energy Meter Control with any of 
Get told when a door or window is left open
A sensor on the door or window and a rule that waits. If it is still open after five minutes, your phone gets told, and a nearby light can come on as well. Shelly BLU Door/Window ZB +1 Control with any of 
Switch off an appliance left running
A metering relay on the heater's supply switches it off after the time you set, and can message you when it has been drawing power too long. The same alert can tell you the washing has finished. Shelly 1PM Gen4 Smart Relay Control with any of Wall controls for guests and kids, no app needed
House guests, kids and the person minding the place while you are away all get the same controls you do, without an app, an account or a walkthrough. The screen is on the wall and it does what it looks like it does. Control with 
