Tips for Building a New Construction Smarthome
A little over 7 years ago, we moved into our current smarthome. It was new construction, but the build was already in progress when we purchased the home. However, I did have …
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Track Home Power Usage & Cost with Home Assistant
I’ve been tracking the power usage in my home for years. To reduce costs, I wanted to understand what uses power in my house and to reduce electricity waste. This year, after …
10 Minute LED Lights For Any Holiday With WLED
Do you want to get into LED light projects? Using the WLED library you can have some pretty cool LED effects without having to do any coding and very little configuration. Just …
Creating a Smart Fireplace Switch With a Shelly Relay
“Ok Google, turn on my fireplace” sounds both exciting and scary. Creating a smart fireplace switch is something I have been interested in for a long time. I hesitated due to perceived …
Preparing Your Smarthome for Outages
As the fall and winter seasons approach I’m reminded that it is prime season for outages in my area. Powerlines, cable lines, and fiber lines are all above ground next to the …
Sending RF Signals with Sonoff RF Bridge
I previously published an article on using the Sonoff RF bridge to expand your smarthome. That article focused on receiving and processing RF signals from devices. However, the Sonoff RF Bridge can …
Quick Review Of Organizr Home Lab Services Manager
If you read this site then there is a higher than normal chance that you’ve got a lot of services (Plex, Emby, Web servers for IOT devices, Home Assistant, Graylog, pfSense, Portainer, …