# Device Type change

**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Created:** [June 5, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094 "2024-06-05T23:43:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![eddiebullman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eddiebullman/32/79104_2.png) [@eddiebullman](https://community.homey.app/u/eddiebullman)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094/1 "2024-06-05T23:43:30Z")

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Hi is there any way to change the device type as I have several shelly relays that I use to control lights but in the Homey app I can’t change them lights.is there any way to change this in the app so they appear as lights.

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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: [June 6, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094/2 "2024-06-06T00:37:56Z")

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Hi Eddie,

@ phone app, longpress device tile, and when you’re lucky:

> ![Screenshot_20240606-023612_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/3/33fab88e1ec830bec393f565e574179c0137bee7.jpeg)

> ![Screenshot_20240606-023626_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/6/26e35d35c22169c2b37f42b3c3b82d5d8cd732ce.jpeg)

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### Author: ![eddiebullman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eddiebullman/32/79104_2.png) [@eddiebullman](https://community.homey.app/u/eddiebullman)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094/3 "2024-06-06T01:02:44Z")

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Thanks Peter worked a treat

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### Author: ![M.Till](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/m.till/32/122713_2.png) [@M.Till](https://community.homey.app/u/M.Till)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094/4 "2025-01-31T09:27:42Z")

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I got a Shelly 0-10V Dimmer controlling ventilation. Its also seen as a “light”, and there is no such options. How do i change a dimmer to something other than lights?

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### Author: ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094/5 "2025-01-31T17:04:13Z")

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Have a look at the Advanced Setting of the device.

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### Author: ![Hakan\_Asp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hakan_asp/32/79272_2.png) [@Hakan\_Asp](https://community.homey.app/u/Hakan_Asp)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094/6 "2025-02-09T10:53:04Z")

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I have the same issue. Cant find a place to change it.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/1/a11255089e86c2ad6fbfa937c218c43f82dfdfc4.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/9/59f9b983192400fb98ade4722cec169cdf77453f.png)

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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: [February 9, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094/7 "2025-02-09T15:52:58Z")

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I also own Shelly 0-10V dimmers, and they’re indeed “hardcoded” as lights.

Only the Shelly app developer can add “what’s plugged in” functionality, if possible at all.

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### Author: ![Undutchable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/undutchable/32/9280_2.png) [@Undutchable](https://community.homey.app/u/Undutchable)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094/8 "2026-06-28T11:23:41Z")

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Hoi Peter, did you find any solution for this issue in the meantime?

I’m in the same boat with this dimmer, which not used for light but for powering our heatpump.

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### Author: ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-type-change/111094/9 "2026-06-28T12:22:39Z")

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Strange, since the best practices guide for app developers specifically mentions that 0-10V dimmers must be “socket” device class (so that you can select what’s plugged in) rather than light.

 ![Screenshot_20260628_142049_Samsung Browser](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/1/21d45941bdb8d36ae5ce9bbee1209869c4a19463.jpeg)

You should contact the Shelly app developer