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W3dd1e@lemmy.zip â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠agoShelly1 is exactly almost exactly what I was picturing initially.
I was thinking I just need some sort of simple relay to send a signal.
Thank you! Shelly is out of stock right now but Iâm sure there is something similar out there.
swizzlestick@lemmy.zip â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
You can usually pick them up from the usual suspects (jungle shop, fleabay etc) too.
Failing that Sonoff do a fairly decent one - MINIR2/3/4, they have updated the model a few times. I use one of their ZBMINI switches as ZigBee is preferred here over WiFi where possible.
This one also worked well in our setup. Itâs switching a small dehumidifier here.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
You have been enormously helpful. Thank you!
swizzlestick@lemmy.zip â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Always welcome. Best of luck with it & be careful working with our around mains electricity. Get a sparky in if youâre at all unsure.
If youâre looking at making a start on smarting up a home, or just bringing a load of existing smart devices under a single point of control - I canât recommend Homeassistant enough.
The hardware requirements are any old lump of junk (bust laptop, etc) recent enough to have UEFI. Or just run on your existing PC as a virtual machine - thatâs how I started.