Shelly 1 Mini Gen3 | WiFi Smart Switch Relay 1 Channel 8A | Home Automation | Bluetooth Gateway | Compatible with Alexa & Google Home | iOS Android App | No Hub Required | Dry Contacts

I bought two Shelly's! I put one on my pool light so it would come on every night for 4 hours to keep condensation out. I also put one on my outside house lights. They are dawn to dusk, but I don't want them on all the time so I set them to come on when I leave the house for work and turn off 30 minutes later. Also, if we get home late, I can just get on the app and turn them on before we get home. Great price and the handiest little things! My husband installed them himself. You down load the app and you have several options for use.

I've wanted to add a camera on my front porch for a while but could not come up with a good solution. The only existing wiring that I had out there was a hard wired light fixture, which would have been a problem since its connected to a wall switch. However, with this device I was able to bypass the wall switch and provide constant power to the camera. Then I added this Shelly switch in between the power and the light to give me control of the light. Then I also bought a Lutron Diva Remote to replace the bypassed wall switch. The final step was to create an automation in Home Assistant that tied the Lutron Diva Remote to the Shelly smart switch. It works perfect and theres no lag at all. Just an example of one of many potential solutions for a device like this Shelly smart switch. Extremely useful device with the right software behind it.

Very happy with this product. I recommend watching a YouTube video to help with the initial.

Was able to access locally and setup to my WiFi easily. I will be installing in decouple mode so I can run my smart lights with Home Assistant and still have control of the switch to switch lights on and off without killing power to them.

These are super nice devices for home automation! I’m using one to switch a fan on and off on my 3D printer (bentobox). I recently bought another to send notifications of alarm activity for an older alarm system. Unfortunately,this has been a bit more troublesome to implement due to #2 below…There are a couple of caveats if you are using this with a DC power supply;1. DC power connections are the OPPOSITE of what’s on the label… so the positive lead goes to N and the negative lead goes to the L. Quite confusing tbh. I found this out watching YouTube videos lol.2. While the documentation says you can power it with 12v DC, my experience that it takes a minimum of 18v DC to get it to power up, 24v better. While not a deal breaker, in the future I will buy the gen4 version that has the 12v leads marked on the front… gen4 not available as of May 2025.The 12v power issue is a bummer as it limits my use of these for low powered electronics, guess I’ll wait for the gen4.Adding to the app is seamless and getting it working with Home Assistant was a breeze. Super happy with that functionality of the Shelly devices.

Great way to upgrade an older garage door to WiFi. I actually made an app using iOS shortcuts that reads the JSON output of this switch to help me make a custom garage door opener accessible to only my family. I can open and close the door, as well as query the switch to tell me the door state (open/closed) using a reed switch connected to the Shelly.

... but I got so much more.Frustrated with the normal light timers limited timing features, I turned to one of these Shelly Mini G3 smart switches. It works great and has the timing feature of an individual offset from dawn that was missing from the non-smart timer switches.The manual is bit overwhelming, and it was missing the specific "wiring plan" I needed. Searching the web I didn't easily find the answer. A deep dive into a manual for one of their other products and I found the answer. The wiring I needed was two momentary switches connected directly to the device. While it describes one, it's not clear on how to add more. It's pretty simple, put them in parallel. But this should have been easier to find.I wasn't interested in cloud support and was a little worried I would be required to use it. Again, a detail that is hard to get clarity from any manuals. It's not required or needed for local access only.Once installed, I used the AP feature (Wi-Fi directly to the device, open a web browser). This allowed me to finish the setup and configure the timers all I wanted. It's nice its exposed Web UI did everything I wanted. I continued and joined it my house Wi-Fi and have it automatically set time from the google time services.Then I could access its exposed web interface with directly connecting to the device, just my Wi-Fi; and had it automatically updated its firmware. It did come with firmware that was a version behind.Not really a requirement, but I checked out their Shelly app on my Android phone. It worked great. There are a lot of bad reviews that were recent, so I was worried. I think the complexity of rooms and how to add devices was throwing these people off, but the model clicked with me, and I thought it was very functional and stabile. So, I then ordered three smart outlets to add to the mix; and I am happy. Makes remote control and management of timers all in one UI rather than each units Web UI.There are many other features I haven't even delved into yet, like actions.If the App quits being supported, I can always go back to the fully functional Web UI on each unit.