VersatileThermostat
Better Thermostat vs Versatile Thermostat: 10 days of data, 90% less valve thrashing, 2x faster heating. Here's why I switched and the numbers that prove it.
TRV
I bought 8 MOES TRV valves and discovered that firmware lottery can ruin your heating automation. Here's what I learned at -14°C outside.
homelab
Replaced UPS batteries but runtime dropped? The APC remembers old capacity. Instead of shutting down my homelab and fumbling with cables, I calibrated the UPS remotely via Home Assistant's NUT addon using raw netcat commands. Runtime nearly doubled. Zero cables touched.
zigbee
A punchy summary that highlights the key selling points - the price, dual functionality, practical use cases (laundry + irrigation), and the advantage of real detection over forecasts. It's short, engaging, and gives readers a clear reason to read the full article.
zigbee
The heating season brings a deadly risk: carbon monoxide. See how a $25 Zigbee sensor (ZC-HM) and Home Assistant can protect your family. A simple setup for a priceless peace of mind. #SmartHome #Safety
frigate
Upgrading Frigate NVR with a Google Coral TPU delivered 4× faster detection, 10× lower CPU usage, and reduced power by 50W. This essential homelab upgrade pays for itself in under 10 months while dramatically improving performance.
homeassistant
For years, I was content with my old Zigbee thermostats. They worked well, but after 3.5 years, about half of them required additional zip ties to keep the fragile battery covers from falling off. Plus, with their two-battery setup and inconsistent contacts, they drained power way too fast. Why
homeassistant
UPDATE: How to regain control of this switch (and others) after update to Zigbee2Mqtt 2.0 The problem I had was that over the years I had changed a lot of things to smart things in such a way that they could not be controlled directly. These include wall lights
homeassistant
I recently have bought this little knob below. 13.28€ 10% de réduction|Zigbee Commutateur de bouton intelligent sans fil pour la maison intelligente, contrôleur de bouton de commutation à distance, fonctionne avec Zigéquation Gateway, Smart Life Andrea | AliExpressAchetez malin, vivez mieux! Aliexpress.comaliexpress.com It comes with battery already
homeassistant
Spring is here, so of course I had to do some tidying up and tending to my lawn. After mowing, scarifying, aerating, reseeding where holes had appeared and fertilising, the only thing left to do was to keep the lawn well watered. The grass I sowed was Wimbledon. The optimum
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homeassistant
I was doing Zigbee2Mqtt update in Home Assistant, and part of this update is always reboot of whole HA VM, because my Conbee II which is passed-trough in XCP-NG can't survive this update. I need to shutdown VM, reattach USB to it and start it again. Normally this
homeassistant
This isn't a post about "BaD AI ToOk OVER MY HoME, BeWaRE!". I was wondering if there was a way to make lights go on and off randomly in Home Assistant. I imagined an alarm automation that, when a breach is detected, could just start a