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On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 16:07:42 +0100, "tim..."
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I put the CFL back in

5W LED is just too damned bright to be turning on whilst you are sleepy


The fact that CFL often take a few seconds yo 'warm up' helps with
that.

makes of LED bulbs really ought to think about this


Some of the LED lamps that come on and off automatically as driven
from my Home Assistant system seem to 'ramp the on brightness'
slightly (quickly) and much more visually down when turning off


Its trivially programmable to any rate you like with the Philips Hue system.

(compared when turning them off at the wall) so that change in
functionality is probably because they are being used 'smart'?


When they are off at the wall they are completely off (electrically)
of course whereas when off from Home Assistant they are still
powered but are set to zero light output.


If you set them to come on via a remote of some sort you can
gave them come on at whatever level is appropriate (and that
could vary depending on the time of day) but still be turned
up or down as required (same remote).


And by light level too.