# Advanced flow - light time control dont work

**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-light-time-control-dont-work/157711
**Category:** Flows
**Tags:** advancedflow
**Created:** [July 29, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-light-time-control-dont-work/157711 "2026-07-29T14:10:16Z")
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### Author: ![D\_C1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/d_c1/32/167331_2.png) [@D\_C1](https://community.homey.app/u/D_C1)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-light-time-control-dont-work/157711/1 "2026-07-29T14:10:16Z")

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Hi, first of all pls excuse my bad english, its not my native language.

so here is my problem: i created an advanced flow. it will get startet by turn on or off a lamp. then a timer should check every 5 minutes if actual time ist between, lets say 23.00 in the evening and 6.30 in the morning. if thats true switch the lamp on, otherwise switch it off.

i hoped that the switch on or off in the end will lead the flow to the start again, creating someting like a loop but what really happend is - nothing.

A test shows, that the flow runs 1 time like expected but then stops at the end command (on or off) it will NOT return to the original condition.

here is the flow:

 ![nachtlicht flow1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/3/e3bc9147831c6fa497f5a8174f55307b013137cc.jpeg)

so can someone get me on the rail???

thank you very much in advice 🙂

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### Author: ![Wim\_Post](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wim_post/32/56793_2.png) [@Wim\_Post](https://community.homey.app/u/Wim_Post)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-light-time-control-dont-work/157711/2 "2026-07-29T14:30:02Z")

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First: the timer-card will not wait for 5 minutes and then continue the flow. You should use a trigger (WHEN-card) ‘timer 2 ends’. Or use the ‘wait 5 minutes’-card.

Let’s say that you turn the light on at 22:00. After 5 minutes it’s 22:05. So the card ‘it’s between 20:00 and 6:00’ is true. So the light is turned on. But the light is already on. So nothing happens and the flow will not be restarted.

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### Author: ![D\_C1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/d_c1/32/167331_2.png) [@D\_C1](https://community.homey.app/u/D_C1)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/advanced-flow-light-time-control-dont-work/157711/3 "2026-07-29T14:32:00Z")

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Oh, I understand…thank you very much!