Switch off a light/plug automatically 10 minutes after it turns on

HueEssentials · October 21, 2022, 11:52pm

This is an example of an automation in Hue Essentials. This automation will switch off a light/plug automatically 10 minutes after it turns on. It can be customised further to your liking.

Open Hue Essentials
Go to the Devices tab
Select your light or plug
Tap the + button under the Automation header
Select On for this event
Tap the Add action button and select Wait
Set a wait time of 10 minutes
Tap the Add action button and select Toggle light
Select the same light or plug as before and make sure the state is set to Switch off
Save the automation

Try increasing or decreasing the wait time, or add another type of action

Daniel · January 7, 2023, 2:49pm

Would this automation be cancelled if the light was turned off early?

In other words, if a light was turned on at 15.00 with a 10 minute auto turn-off, but was then turned off manually at 15.03 before the auto turn-off took place, would the timer keep on running in the background so that, if the light was turned on for a second time at 15.08, it would auto-turn off after only 2 minutes rather than 10?

If so, is there a way to tweak things so that my lights only auto turn-off if they have been on continually for 10 minutes?

Thanks.

Thomas · January 7, 2023, 9:48pm

The automation will be cancelled when it is triggered again. So when you switch on the light a second time, the original timer will cancel and it starts again.

This should already be the current behaviour for this type of automation.

Daniel · January 21, 2023, 11:17pm

Brilliant, thank you!

Pusherman · March 10, 2023, 4:01pm

This is an awesome function and I really like to use it.
Unfortunately it doesn’t work on my Silvercrest on/off plug

I used the same settings as in the example. But the plug does not shut of after the set time.

How can i fix this?

patinsd · March 22, 2023, 4:15pm

May be someone can answer this
I am using smart plug and a smart button to turn on and off a recirculating pump .
Now I would like to turn ON the pump manually with the smart button and set a time of 2 min then turn OFF automatically with a timer .
Can this app do that ?

lapino · November 8, 2023, 7:01am

Just bought the app for this functionality, trying to make it work with both a smart plug and a (hue) lamp but it doesn’t seem to work. I setup the devices as instructed, but they do not turn off after x mins. Any tip?

Pusherman · January 23, 2024, 8:17pm

Is it possible to configure the hue dimmer switch with this function like:

1. on button: turn on light X for 30 minutes and then turn of
2. dim up button: turn on light X for 20 minutes and then turn of
3. dim down button: turn on light X for 10 minutes and then turn of