LEDVANCE 75674

[LordNex]

Limited-time deal: SYLVANIA Wifi LED Smart Light Bulb, 60W Equivalent Full Color and Tunable White A19, Dimmable, Compatible with Alexa and Google Home Only - 4 Pack (75674) https://a.co/d/b6jzCeS

[LordNex]

Is this the best method of getting bulb support? I'm buying more in hopes of building a better mesh as I keep haveing end devices drop off. I have some more of these coming along with Zigbee E12 style lights as well as some flood lights that are also Zigbee. I can easily take a picture of the box similar to this but it's been 10 months and no word. When I've seen you and others push support out for other devices? What no love for a fellow hacker?

[bramstroker]

Light needs to be physically owned to be measured.
You can also have a look into contributing yourself. See for instructions. https://homeassistant-powercalc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/measure.html

[LordNex]

I own them alright. I have about a dozen of what you see listed there and just ordered a bunch of sylvana e12 lights. The kind with the smaller screw in. And then some BR30 flood lights. So I'll take a look at the documentation and see what I can do to help. I know my way around a multimeter as well

[bramstroker]

The process of measuring is all automated, so you won't have to manually takes notes using multimeter.
You just need to have a good smart plug (for example Tapo or Shelly ones) and have the script running. It's all explained in the docs.
Let me know if you have any further questions.

[LordNex]

Light needs to be physically owned to be measured.

You can also have a look into contributing yourself. See for instructions. https://homeassistant-powercalc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/measure.html

So I have TP-Link devices all over my house. Wall switches down to wall plugs. Now not all the wall plugs show power. But my 3 way gang light switches do. Although they also have a neutral line that keeps the wifi powered, it measures that as well. I can multimeter the neutral line and take it out of the equation. I should then only be measuring the actual usage of the bulb in the socket as it's then a simple circuit that has internal measurement. Would that work? I also have some sonoff r1 switches flashed with tazmota that have internal python code that measures the mains line coming into the circuit.