# Flash a light bulb

**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/flash-a-light-bulb/74990
**Category:** Flows
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/flash-a-light-bulb/74990 "2023-01-12T17:09:40Z")
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### Author: ![Jonathan\_Draper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jonathan_draper/32/33978_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Draper](https://community.homey.app/u/Jonathan_Draper)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/flash-a-light-bulb/74990/4 "2023-01-14T10:37:07Z")

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I managed it with advanced flows and using the Chronograph app but it was surprisingly complex. There might be a simpler way to achieve this but not sure what it would be. You could also cancel the blinking from a flow simply by stopping the timer. This flow ensures that the lamp always ends up in the off state.

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