LIFX
LIFX Candle Colour E14
- Native integration
- Local control
- Wi-Fi
Prices verified November 2026
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A hub-free Wi-Fi candle bulb that Home Assistant Core talks to directly over the LAN, which is rare for E14 colour bulbs; most rivals are either Zigbee (needing a coordinator) or cloud-only. The catch is that it is Wi-Fi: every bulb is a separate client on your 2.4GHz network, so a chandelier of five is five more devices for your router, and a router swap means re-onboarding each one. The retailer listing I could fetch states the bulb is not suitable for wet or damp areas, so it is an indoor pick only, and at the time of checking that UK retailer showed it out of stock with no price, so confirm availability before building a room around it.
What can Home Assistant control on the LIFX Candle Colour E14?
| Control | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Light | Light | On/off, brightness, colour and colour temperature, plus Flame and Morph effects as a matrix-class light. |
| Theme | Select | Applies one of the predefined themes to the bulb; it only shows the last theme set from Home Assistant. |
| Identify | Button | Flashes the bulb to find which physical lamp an entity belongs to. |
| Restart | Button | Reboots the bulb if it stops responding. |
| RSSI | Sensor | Wi-Fi signal strength; diagnostic and disabled by default, useful for tracking down flaky bulbs. |
Core lifx integration, local polling every 10 seconds, so a change made at the wall or in the LIFX app can take up to 10 seconds to show in Home Assistant. Candle Color is a matrix-class device, so beyond the light entity you get Flame and Morph effects, and a Theme select that reflects only the last theme set from Home Assistant, not one chosen in the LIFX app. Discovery is by UDP broadcast, Zeroconf, HomeKit and DHCP, which needs Home Assistant on the same subnet as the bulbs; on a separate IoT VLAN, add each bulb by host instead. Older shared LIFX config entries were split so that each light must be re-added as its own entry.
Specs
| power | under 5 W, 100-240 V AC — smart-secure.co.uk |
|---|---|
| socket | E14 screw — UK retailer listing (smart-secure.co.uk) |
| dimming | software dimming 1% to 100% — smart-secure.co.uk |
| warranty | 2 years — smart-secure.co.uk |
| rated life | 22.8 years (retailer's figure; basis not stated) |
| environment | not suitable for wet or damp areas — smart-secure.co.uk |
| connectivity | 2.4GHz Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), no hub needed — smart-secure.co.uk |
How does the LIFX Candle Colour E14 compare?
| Product | From | Protocol | Local control | Integration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIFX Candle Colour E14 (this product) | — | Wi-Fi | Yes | Native |
| Athom WLED WS2812B LED strip controller (pre-flashed) | £6.5 | Wi-Fi | Yes | Native |
| Elgato Key Light Air (MK.2) | £129.99 | Wi-Fi | Yes | Native |
| Govee E14 Smart Bulb RGBWW | £24.99 | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth | Cloud | Cloud |
Frequently asked questions
- Does the LIFX Candle Colour E14 work with Home Assistant locally?
- Yes. The LIFX Candle Colour E14 is controlled locally in Home Assistant through a built-in Home Assistant core integration (lifx), so it keeps working if your internet connection or the LIFX cloud goes down. Control and state updates stay on your own network.
- Which protocol does the LIFX Candle Colour E14 use, and do I need a hub?
- The LIFX Candle Colour E14 uses Wi-Fi. To pair it with Home Assistant you need no hub — it joins your Wi-Fi network directly. LIFX's own hub is not required when you integrate through a built-in Home Assistant core integration (lifx).
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LIFX Candle Colour E14
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