As energy costs rise – Home Assistant – Better home temperature control

Nest Thermostat In 2014, Sandra and Ian installed a Nest Thermostat, previously they had a programable thermostat. The NEST offered more control via the internet and has some intelligence / learning built in. The thermostat is wall mounted in their hallway, so not in direct sunlight. Cats, Catio and a Read more

A Smarter pond pump

We have had our pond pump connected to Home Assistant for a couple of years, simple programming On at dawn, off at dusk. There were 2 reasons for this noise at night, and basically trying to run all we can from our solar panels. The pump was purchased as an Read more

SwitchBot IP65 BlueTooth – Our chosen device for temperature sensing

We initially received 3 units ( WoIOSensorTH ) from SwitchBot to review, these are Bluetooth IP65 Indoor / Outdoor Hygrometer / Thermometers. Our expectation was that these should work of the box with Home Assistant, though this wasn’t the case, so we shared our feedback to the manufacturer. SwitchBot responded Read more