{"id":20073,"date":"2026-01-28T11:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=20073"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:03:32","slug":"hue-a-better-sunrise-bulb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/28\/hue-a-better-sunrise-bulb\/","title":{"rendered":"Hue: A Better Sunrise Bulb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Color bulb on the lowest\/warmest setting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For the last two years I’ve been using Home Assistant to run a sunrise-simulation alarm clock in the bedroom to wake us up<\/a>. This works very, very well and — for us at least — a home automation killer app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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IKEA TRADFRI LED2101G4 in an E26 to E12 adapter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In continuing to optimize things I wanted a bulb that has an even-dimmer and warmer initial brightness than the IKEA TRADFRI LED2101G4 (in an E26 to E12 adapter<\/a>) I’ve been using. I’ve now settled on Philips Hue White and Ambience 60W A19<\/a>, as it’s both lower brightness and warmer at initial turn-on and has a brighter high end, making it more usable when working on things around the bedroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Lighten Up!<\/em> I had used a halogen bulb, which combined with the dimmer, made the initial brightness so low the filament was barely visible with the naked eye. This made the initial-on not noticeable and didn’t jar me awake. To try and replicate something similar I considered the Shelly Dimmer 2<\/a> and putting a halogen bulb back in place, but I wasn’t really wanting to go back to bulbs that give off so much heat and use so much power. And while I find Shelly devices well engineered, I wasn’t very interested in more WiFi IoT devices. (I really prefer Zigbee or Z-Wave for security reasons.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to this \/r\/homeassistant thread<\/a> I was prompted to try some Hue bulbs, so $76.31 to Amazon <\/a>later and I had a pair. They easily adopted directly into HA and after a little tweaking (mostly adjusting automations for the new devices), I’m happy with them. The warm\/low setting is really quiet dim and yellow-reddish, and at full brightness it’s… nicely bright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I may tweak the curve used for bringing the brightness up, but thankfully the script I use (Ashley’s Light Fader 2.01<\/a>) has a whole range of curves available<\/a>. I’m currently using the default easeInSine<\/code>, but this morning it seemed to hit the final brightness a bit abruptly, so I may try something like easeInOutSine<\/code>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the last two years I’ve been using Home Assistant to run a sunrise-simulation alarm clock in the bedroom to wake us up. This works…<\/p>\n

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