# Are ”delay” needed when switching on/off multiple Lights in a Flow?

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**Created:** [August 13, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/are-delay-needed-when-switching-on-off-multiple-lights-in-a-flow/86997 "2023-08-13T22:24:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/are-delay-needed-when-switching-on-off-multiple-lights-in-a-flow/86997/4 "2023-08-13T22:58:22Z")

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> [@Borgen](#):
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> In a normal Flow for z-wave lights that turns on 5-6 lights, is it needed to put in a delay between every “turn on” action?

I hope they fixed that issue once and for all, but I really don’t know.

1. Instead you can create and use a group device for switching multiple lights.  
You can use Device Capabilities or \< group \> app for this. They switch the lights in a group device in sequence automatically, which means ‘not all at once’.

2. In advanced flow, you can ‘daisy-chain’ the lights, then they’re switched on/off in sequence. This is almost not much more work, than adding them in parallels  
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