Red Switch Oddity / House Possessed?

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#1

I just noticed the stairway light is on and definitely do not recall turning it on. Been waiting the last couple hours for a fedex package that i needed to sign.

Luckily I still have a camera pointing at the general location while i was last troubleshooting the flickering issue. Sure enough @ 2:09 pm PST, the light came on and I’m not seeing anything in the IDE log.

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:14 AM: info Stairs Light: Power report received with value of 9.2 W

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:14 AM: debug Stairs Light: Stairs Light: MeterReport(scale2: false, scale: 2, rateType: 1, precision: 1, meterValue: [0, 0, 0, 92], deltaTime: 0, meterType: 1, size: 4, scaledPreviousMeterValue: 0.0, scaledMeterValue: 9.2, previousMeterValue: [0, 0, 0, 0])

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:12 AM: info Stairs Light: Power report received with value of 8.8 W

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:12 AM: debug Stairs Light: Stairs Light: MeterReport(scale2: false, scale: 2, rateType: 1, precision: 1, meterValue: [0, 0, 0, 88], deltaTime: 0, meterType: 1, size: 4, scaledPreviousMeterValue: 0.0, scaledMeterValue: 8.8, previousMeterValue: [0, 0, 0, 0])

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:10 AM: info Stairs Light: Power report received with value of 9.2 W

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:10 AM: debug Stairs Light: Stairs Light: MeterReport(scale2: false, scale: 2, rateType: 1, precision: 1, meterValue: [0, 0, 0, 92], deltaTime: 0, meterType: 1, size: 4, scaledPreviousMeterValue: 0.0, scaledMeterValue: 9.2, previousMeterValue: [0, 0, 0, 0])

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:06 AM: info Stairs Light: Power report received with value of 8.8 W

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:06 AM: debug Stairs Light: Stairs Light: MeterReport(scale2: false, scale: 2, rateType: 1, precision: 1, meterValue: [0, 0, 0, 88], deltaTime: 0, meterType: 1, size: 4, scaledPreviousMeterValue: 0.0, scaledMeterValue: 8.8, previousMeterValue: [0, 0, 0, 0])

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:05 AM: info Stairs Light: Power report received with value of 9.2 W

d99c154e-00b1-4e1b-8816-1b080aa0a85b 9:14:05 AM: debug Stairs Light: Stairs Light: MeterReport(scale2: false, scale: 2, rateType: 1, precision: 1, meterValue: [0, 0, 0, 92], deltaTime: 0, meterType: 1, size: 4, scaledPreviousMeterValue: 0.0, scaledMeterValue: 9.2, previousMeterValue: [0, 0, 0, 0])

Anyone observing anything peculiar with their red switch(es)?

#2

Didn’t read all of it, but my vote is possessed. ST doing some weird things. Did you lose power by chance?

#3

No issues with any of mine on Hubitat. I’m not quite understanding your logs though they are from 9:14am yet the time your talking about was 2:09pm right?

#4

@harjms, no power loss.

@Terk, you’re right, i must have copy and pasted the wrong time. But yes, the Yi camera shows the light came on at 2:09 PM PST.

Guess i’ll chalk it up to user error for now, at least since i cannot duplicate it, but i’m pretty sure the light came on by itself. I checked with the family and no one turned it on and they don’t even have the app installed on their phone either.

#5

ok… so instead of relying on the live log in IDE, which is buggy for me. Here’s what i see in the Event List for the switch

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Is there anything in here I shouldn’t post in public (like hubid?)?

#6

I have had a similar issue with one of my new Red Series On/Off Switches. The one for my porch light turns off and on on it’s own in the middle of the night. I can see it cycling on the Wyze Cam (it trips the motion detection), but I see nothing in the recent activity telling it to turn off or on. Last night it turned off at 1:34am and then right back on. Again, nothing in the “Recently” tab at that time. It has done this randomly since I first installed it.

I tried calling for “Carol Ann”, but no response.

The other two Red On/Off Switches seem to act normally; the Foyer light installed directly next to the Front Porch light, but is rarely on and the Dining Room Light, which is on all evening.

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#7

Glad i’m not the only one. I have a routine to turn off all the lights at midnight so it isn’t too big of a deal, but somewhat perplexed why it would turn on its own.