A while back, we decided to rearrange our living room, get new furniture, etc. I took this opportunity to expand my home automation addiction and pull more items into Home Assistant. My plan included running wiring through the ceiling for power and audio, automating my projector, screen, and subwoofer. This how-to…
Comments closedOne of the things the lazy side of me hates, is physically having to go to my HomeLAB to hard reset any device. While this has been happening less and less, it’s still something I dread. My solution to the problem is to make a poor man’s rack PDU that’s integrated…
Comments closedRecently while discussing the subject of home automation with my SO, she mentioned that she’d like a way to be notified what the weather was going to be when she’s getting ready. The timing of this couldn’t be any better as I had just started playing around with an automation…
2 CommentsAs with most things, this is a solution to solve the problem that I have. My home has an unfortunate problem: zero insulation. Before you go down the road of suggestions, trust me, it’s not an option for my property until I can afford to do a remodel. As a…
2 CommentsFollowing up on my previous post of the Cheap and Easy series, I’m going to show you how you can control 8 relay channels for about 25 bucks and in about 30 minutes. If you’re not familiar with Home Assistant or ESPHome, check out my previous post. In this project, I use…
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