Recently 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…
41 CommentsFollowing up on my previous post about the Home Assistant controlled garage door, I want to show my simple solution to controlling a light with HA. My house is a few years away from its centennial birthday. With that age come some interesting “features”, like knob and tube wiring, and always on lights…
Leave a CommentXiaomi has a great line of pretty high quality but very inexpensive hardware that you can use in your smart home. Right now I’m using their plant, door, water, and temperature sensors, as well as their curtain motors. These plant sensors seem to be the only Xiaomi sensor that I…
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