I just installed motorized dampers in my crawl space using Shelly smart relays! Now I have an automatic schedule so I’m not cooling rooms that aren’t in use (like the bedrooms during the day and the lower level of the house at night). Already seen significant power savings!
Comment on xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier
yucandu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Meanwhile here I am installing ESP32C3’s into everything in my house to automate everything.
I can turn on my floor heat, hallway light, or even open a vent from an app on my phone. And bonus, no shady manufacturers to spy on me. Just China.
LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
It would be a lot more difficult to hide a backdoor on a bare ESP device, than a proprietary Tuya one, just putting that out there. Regardless, I still block internet access from my ESPHome devices, because I don’t want to feel like I need to constantly be on top of updates, that can cause things to break at times. I do them every couple months when I have the time to sit down and make sure everything’s still working, or roll it back where it’s not.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Can you flush toilets tho
yucandu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I can do that but I don’t wanna - Bart Simpson
odious@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
that vent thing is surprisingly clever, thumbs up 👍
yucandu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hey thanks, I’ve got tons of cool projects and gifs like these, and I love to share them and read the comments, but I don’t know where to post them on Lemmy. I used to post them to Reddit but they started shadowbanning my github for some reason. Didn’t even find out until the ESP32 mod messaged me and was like “we can’t even manually approve your posts”.
Dave@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
What about !diyelectronics@programming.dev?
Or if you are using Home Assistant you could post in !homeassistant@lemmy.world
There is a Lemmy community search function here if you want to check other options: lemmyverse.net/communities
yucandu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I tried there but my posts never showed up. Tried twice. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. I’m on old.lemmy.world so it looks like old reddit.