Home Automation Use power relays that are wired in instead of smart plugs or smart devices. |
- Use power relays that are wired in instead of smart plugs or smart devices.
- Seeking help: anyone know of a smart sensor to detect when a baby gate is open?
- Do bulbs draw power when switch is left on but bulb is off?
- Suggestions on how to begin?
- Help with gledopto rgb cct led light strips
- How do I diagnose / fix a signal issue?
- Looking for suggestions to replace small x10 setup
- Zemismart zigbee light switch - is it possible to stop the buttons toggling the relays?
- Just getting started with VeraPlus and looking for snippets
- Are power meters all calibrated individually in the factory? Otherwise why are we calibrating them after we flash them?
- Multi wall switch replacement?
- Wall mount for Lutron Caseta Bridge
- New Remote ideas?
- Driveway what do I do here ?
| Use power relays that are wired in instead of smart plugs or smart devices. Posted: 22 Feb 2020 03:51 PM PST Hey guys I just wanted to throw something out there to save you a little (or a lot) of money. A couple years ago, a bought some cheap emylo wifi relays that wire into your devices. I have had 0 issues with them, and I got a couple of three packs for 22 dollars each. They're super easy to wire up, all you have to do is cut the cord on your device, strip both sides of both ends and clip in the wires. In the mean time it has saved me money and time in the following ways. 1) they're cheaper than smart plugs but do the same fucking thing just as well. 2) they're easier to move around. Just unplug and plug in the device as you normally would 3) my wife wanted a smart desk fan. So I bought her a normal one and wired this in. 4) I wanted to start the coffee pot with my alarm and routines, so I bought a cheap amazon Basics coffee pot with the actual hardware on off switch instead of a button. Spent 20 bucks on a smart coffee pot instead of 100. 5) I have a TV that uses the same remote as the one in my living room, and will occasionally turn on when I turn on the tv in my living room. So instead of having to go in to the kitchen to turn it off, inhave a routine set up to power cycle it when that happens (may have saved me from buying a whole ass new tv because it drove me up the fucking wall) 6) wife wanted a fancy growlight for her succulents (we live in the northwest, not much sun in the winter.) with a timer. I took an old floor lamp out of the attic and set it up with this relay and she set up a timer on that. Saved me like 30. 7) she likes to leave the toaster unplugged when not in use. (This is a little over the top, dont judge me.) I put a door sensor on the little springy thing that turns it on, and a wifi relay. So when I push it down, the door sensor senses that the "door" was closed and turns on the switch. (This is a little over the top, dont judge me.) [link] [comments] | ||
| Seeking help: anyone know of a smart sensor to detect when a baby gate is open? Posted: 22 Feb 2020 08:21 PM PST I want to attach a sensor to a baby gate on the top of a staircase and ideally if the door is open, I can have a Philips smart bulb turn red or something of this nature...Any Ideas for a sensor product or how to execute this idea? [link] [comments] | ||
| Do bulbs draw power when switch is left on but bulb is off? Posted: 22 Feb 2020 07:13 AM PST I just got a smart bulb and realised the wall switch needs to be left on. Is it safe to leave this on or will turning the wall switch off when not in use save electricity and bulb life? Thanks [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 22 Feb 2020 06:19 PM PST Hi all, Looking to get into the home automation world. I thought I'd be clever, set up home assistant on my home servers (I am a devops nerd so tech doesn't bother me), and get a zwave usb and start zwaving like its hot... Fast forward to today, where my house built in 1935 proved to be a blocker. I had a switch that was going bad, so I ordered an Innovelli red switch to replace it. After 20 minutes of realizing a> I do indeed not have a neutral in the box that is easily usable (Rather, there is one, but its buried in a electrical tape wrapped bundle of cloth wrapped wiring coming out of a bx going to an outlet below it... I am not touching that with a 6 foot pole.) and b> The smart switch is too deep/fat to fit in the switch box because of said mess of wiring. For giggles though, I wired it up temporarily just to see it work and found that the dimmer does not behave well with my cheap 99 cent store LEDs in there. All in all, a wasted afternoon. Rather disappointed, and since my switch was arcing and on the way out, I went to the local store and picked up an 8 dollar manual switch. :) I am back to square 1, except I have a useless zwave switch, an unused HA install monitoring my adt pulse system and its motion / door sensors, and... no ability to do anything with it. I went with a switch because my family are generally technosaurs. The concept of electrons flowing to provide power is alien technology to them. Keeping a switch option would make things 1000 times better. So... What are my options here? I know the recommendation is generally smart bulbs, but I like the idea of having a physical switch still as well. My kid will never learn to yell "alexa" for example. :) . Smart bulbs need to be powered, so turning off the switch kills the bulbs. Ultimately, I am asking for a unicorn I know. Old brittle cloth wrapped BX wiring generally missing neutrals or inaccessible that I am terrified to touch much, a non technical family, and some physical switches that need a functioning equivalent that would work with a smart solution. Any recommendations would be much appreciated. [link] [comments] | ||
| Help with gledopto rgb cct led light strips Posted: 22 Feb 2020 11:16 AM PST | ||
| How do I diagnose / fix a signal issue? Posted: 22 Feb 2020 10:58 PM PST I'm having some latency / ignored input issues with my smart things buttons. If it comes from the internet there's no issues (asking Google assistant to do it, using smart things app to turn something) but my smart things buttons need a couple of taps to wake up and actually do the thing. I'm such a techy guy (read I have a lot of useless tech crap) and I have a mixed home with wifi, zigbee and z wave and I see a lot of people insisting everything is due to signal so I'd like to rule that out before I look elsewhere. There's quite a bit of 2.4 Wifis around me too [link] [comments] | ||
| Looking for suggestions to replace small x10 setup Posted: 22 Feb 2020 08:25 AM PST In my bed room we have two lights on x10 lamp modules controlled by an x10 receiver and two remotes. I'm looking to replace this with something more modern that will integrate with my home automation set up but it is harder than it seems. Preferably i'd like the following:
Can anyone suggest any products that fit the bill? [link] [comments] | ||
| Zemismart zigbee light switch - is it possible to stop the buttons toggling the relays? Posted: 22 Feb 2020 07:30 AM PST Please forgive what might be a noob question, I've only got this kit set up in the last couple of days! I've got a bunch of Hue bulbs and some Zemismart zigbee light switches I've bound the bulbs and the switches to hass.io and everything's working there, but when I press the switch buttons it cuts power to the bulbs so they disconnect. I was hoping that once the switches were 'bound' this default action wouldn't happen and I could instead have the button tell the hue bulb to turn off via a hass.io action. Is this possible? Is there a way to re-flash the switch firmware if it's not built in? The switches have a blue light on all the time - does this mean they're not correctly bound? I got the following error message from zigbee2mqtt when I initially tried to pair the switches:
Many thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Just getting started with VeraPlus and looking for snippets Posted: 22 Feb 2020 10:45 AM PST Are there good places to look for specific kinds of functions for the VeraPlus? I have a lamp in my office that I would like to flicker on and off for a short amount of time at a certain. I'm not sure where to start. Thank you! Edit: Made the mistake of updating firmware. Now it can't connect to my devices. Lovely. [link] [comments] | ||
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| Multi wall switch replacement? Posted: 22 Feb 2020 04:42 PM PST Does anyone have suggestions for replacing a 5-10 light switch plate with something other than individual smart switches? Is there something like a brilliant or wink relay that will drive 5-10 switches? I would prefer zwave and not iot if possible. Thank you in advance [link] [comments] | ||
| Wall mount for Lutron Caseta Bridge Posted: 22 Feb 2020 03:15 PM PST Anyone got a neat solution for wall mounting the Caseta bridge/hub? My other switches, Eero, Hue Hub etc are wall mounted in my network cupboard. I would like the Caseta hub to be mounted as well but it doesn't have wall mount holes. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 22 Feb 2020 12:03 PM PST So my Harmony Elite just died and the app for my receiver fits not work anymore on my new phone. Looking for ideas to move forward. So the remote won't connect to the hub any longer. Kids, wife, cats have all dropped it to many times. I wanted to see if there were any new products people were using now. The receiver is a pioneer. I used the app quite a bit and I can't find a replacement. Not looking yo upgrade that or any other components at this time. Current set up controlled by harmony includes the following devices Benq w1070 Pioneer sc-85 Sony bd player Ps4 Firestick Hue lights Fan via bond Ecobee thermostat And a record player (no automation just input change) So should I just replace the remote? [link] [comments] | ||
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