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 …
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 …
A lot has happened at HomeTechHacker in 2019. My smarthome has evolved quite a bit over this year. I’ve written about lots of different topics that have hopefully helped you. In this …
Welcome to part 3 of my 4 part series about my smarthome evolution. In Part 1, I discussed my start in developing my smarthome. My smarthome evolution to actually having smart gadgets …
Smarthomes are fun, but they can be expensive. As I researched smarthome devices I noticed there are lots of 433Mhz RF sensors and devices that are available for much less than Z-Wave, …
I’d been using a Veralite for home automation, including running my Z-Wave network, for years before I started using Home Assistant. Over the course of a few months, I transferred almost all …
Smart plugs are a basic building block of a smarthome. If you are looking for a basic, inexpensive smart plug, it’s hard to go wrong with the Gosund Wifi Smart Plug WP3. …
Looking to add smarts to your lights, but don’t want to replace the lights or the light switch? Are you looking for an inexpensive solution? The Wifi connected Shelly 1 relay can …