Kerry Clendinning from The Smarter Home Club has written up a new article for us covering Hunter SimpleConnect fan controllers and Home Assistant!
All you need to know about Hunter SimpleConnect fan controllers, Broadlink and Home Assistant:
Where there is a will, there’s a way.
There are two things I don’t like in my home automation – Bluetooth and batteries. For me, Bluetooth is fabulous for headsets and speakers, but if there’s more than a few feet between the source and the traget, you’re going to have poor performance unless you’ve got top of the line components. As far as batteries go, if there’s something controlling electrical or electronic devices in my home, I want them on the same circuit as the device. Keeps things simple! Plus, I don’t like to change batteries constantly (as you’ll see below).
Reminder to K.I.S.S.
Kerry Clendinning from The Smarter Home Club is back with critical advice for you to keep in mind when you’re building your Smart Home!
Automating Routines Based on Sensors
Kerry Clendinning from The Smarter Home Club explains how to use sensor data to help focus your home automation system.
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The GE Merlin Water Filtration Project is Complete!
No project goes exactly as I plan and this one was no exception. IN parts ONE, TWO, and THREE, things went very well – maybe too well, so I was due for complications.I got them. But, the project is complete and it was well worth the trouble!
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Internet Security and the Home Automation Craze.
Kerry Clendinning from The Smarter Home Club has written a great post to help us understand the importance of Internet security and how critical it is in relation to home automation!
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Setting Up Your Philips Hue Bridge
Hue bulbs (and devices that emulate them) are a great first step into the world of Home Automation. In bulbs, you have dim-able white bulbs, as well as bulbs that can change color with input from the user in the Hue app. You’ve also got light strips as well as in-wall switches – you can set up a significant part of your home automation ecosystem Philips Hue and compatible brand products that easily integrate with Amazon Alexa or Google Home.
RODI Filtration Part Three – The Install
The RODI project (Reverse Osmosis/Deionization) is nearing its completion. As I mentioned in parts ONE and TWO, my wife has expressed some health concerns due to the local water quality, so the time was right to refurbish my Merlin RO filter and put it into service. Today, we’re one step closer to completion of the project, though a few extra steps were added along the way….
Sometimes You Win, Sometimes, You Lose
See if this sounds familiar – I had a lot of stuff planned today and only a little of it got done! It happens to all of us, where things don’t go as planned. The key to turning days like this into a mark in the win column is to learn from the experience (or relearn what you’ve forgotten).
Sometimes The Right Product is The Wrong Application
This past weekend, I gave the Z-Ben ZB-PL01 IP Camera Bulb a try. Experimenting with an IP Camera bulb has been a priority to me for some time now. I would like to have video coverage of different areas around my home without the expense or bother of running wiring. Having a camera hidden inside an LED light bulb seems to good to be true!
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