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Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter ki...
Friends installed a new IR controlled ceiling light, but it was a little buggy and kept turning off.
It was using the same IR frequency as one of the buttons on the TV remote :)
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Haha, yeah IR isn't foolproof either. We bought some bottom-of-the-barrel Chinese humidifier, and it reacted to absolutely anything IR, even sunlight sometimes.
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433mhz radio is better because of that for that kind of devices :) there are products out there.
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It was using the same IR frequency as one of the buttons on the TV remote :)