I’m having hard time finding names for the different lights that make sense when I ask my voice assistant to control. I end up with ceiling light, but I have more than one ceiling light, and saying Living room ceiling light is a mouthful. I tried giving funny names but I keep getting confused which is which. How did you name your lights?

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Using a voice assistant (like Google assistant), these understand how to treat plurals, so if you use the same base name numbered 1 & 2 you can say: turn on the (base name) lights and both come on without having to try to define scenes or explicit device groups or links. They can still be controlled independently, so I number in a sequence relative distance to the ‘entrance’ to that room, or left to right, you might want clockwise.

I use names related to the room, area or object, like: entrance light, dining table light, craft area light, fan light, hallway light, tv light, desk light, bed light, reading light, kitchen sink light. Numbered 1 & 2 if needed since usually want them on together.

Or may be further refined by type like: night light, down light, spot light, string light, stand light, lamp, bulb, LED etc.

Hope that helps with a few ideas?

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Mine are where they are stationed:

Front Door Lamp, Patio Door Lamp, Desk Lamp and Bedroom Lamp. We don’t have many obviously:)

So, left of couch as you look at it is next to front door so light there, other side, by patio, you guessed it patio light. And the rest are pretty much bland like that.

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Mine are where they are stationed:

Front Door Lamp, Patio Door Lamp, Desk Lamp and Bedroom Lamp. We don’t have many obviously:)

So, left of couch as you look at it is next to front door so light there, other side, by patio, you guessed it patio light. And the rest are pretty much bland like that.

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I have a voice assistant in every room so it can automatically recognize what lights I mean when I say “turn off the lights”. Controlling individual lights can be a little annoying so my Living Room Left and Right lamps are just called Fred and George.

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John, Paul, George and Ringo. But really it’s just a combination of groups for daily life and then I try to name each bulb with as explicit but short as possible.

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Same here except all 4 are in a ceiling fan. To turn them all on and off at the same time, I’ve named them the Fan Four.

Pete is a lone, recessed light in the corner.

Two lamps with pineapple motifs are Bob and Liz. Two lamps in bedroom are Harold and Maude.

One floor lamp is Slim "Shady“.

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