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How I Transformed My Flat into a Smart Home with #HomeAssistant
https://jonathas.com/how-i-transformed-my-flat-into-a-smart-home-with-home-ass…

This is the best #HomeAssistant component I've seen in a long time. Genuinely amazing. Found on r/homeassistant.
#homeautomation

GitHub - tikel1/HA-isometric-animated-picture-card: Custom Lovelace cards that let Home-Assistant picture-elements play WebM (or PNG) animations whose frame or loop speed updates in real time from any entity state. Including an AI workflow that turns any room photo into a live picture-elements scene
Custom Lovelace cards that let Home-Assistant picture-elements play WebM (or PNG) animations whose frame or loop speed updates in real time from any entity state. Including an AI workflow that turn...

Trying a minimalistic home screen. This one with YAM launcher looks pretty nice :mortysmile:
#android #homescreen

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Home Counties:
🎵 Posthumous Spreadsheets
#NowPlaying #HomeCounties
https://open.spotify.com/track/5j8rRZF4B2n6ctuAvVK1Ro

If we ever get a second unit outside, or upsize the one we have, to be able to put registers on the top floor then there is no doubt in my mind that we could keep the whole house to 23-25°C #home #energyefficiency #heatpumps #electric #portalberni

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq
Home Counties:
🎵 Spain
#HomeCounties
https://open.spotify.com/track/7EQ4XAxaCxsLbXpp3yX111

Cooling our old house in summer. This house was built in 1940 so it has gone through all the stages and types of heating you can probably imagine.
We installed a ductless ("air source") heat pump a few years back. This was a revelation after 15 years of "window management" and fans to keep a lid on the intense heat of the Alberni Valley.
It has made a wonderful difference both for cheaper heating in winter and newfound cooling potential in summer. We only could get one big enough for two of three floors.
So basement and main floor have a register like this.
Today, on the first official hot day of summer it is:
Outside temp: 33°C
Top Floor (windows open, fans on): 30°C
Main Floor (windows closed HP set to 23°C): 25°C
Basement (HP set to 23): I would estimate 23°C
We also have a hybrid HP/Electric hot water tank in the basement that I have blowing its outlet air into the room for summer to help keep the temperature down in the basement.
#home #energyefficiency #heatpumps #electric #portalberni

Looking to install two LED strips at home. Desired features:
- Controlled via WiFi or #Zigbee
- #HomeAssistant integration
- RGBW strips, individually addressable
- Either comes with a diffusor or is compatible with standard diffusors (is "not being compatible with th…

Puh. #HomeAssistant wirft native Installationen und 32Bit-Systeme (incl. ARM) ausm Support. Sehr schade. Jetzt geht nur noch VM oder Container, also noch mehr Abstraktion und Rumpaketiere zwischen HA und dem System, was kaputt gehen kann. Alles sehr unschön, da HAOS viele Geräte nicht sauber unterstützt und Container viele Einschränkungen bei Netzwerk und Sicherheit hat. :/

Also Home Assistant einzurichten, das geht ja noch mit wenig #Schweißperlen.
ABER WENN DU ES HÜBSCH MACHEN MÖCHTEST...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
🤪 🤣 😱
#HomeAssistant

Said line. #flags #pride #home #portalberni

Can Tuya Zigbee devices work directly with Home Assistant with a USB dongle (with no Tuya hub) or do they need to be flashed in order to do that?
#HomeAssistant

Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈!!
Got new line (see next) for the flag pole as the old stuff broke in a gale a couple months ago.
This stuff is much much nicer!
Wanted to make sure I had it up at least for 🇨🇦 day but it was easier than I thought it would be to get down with a little help from son.
#flags #pride #home #portalberni

Eh, final home for the time being. Once the second nameserver finishes updating I can get the cables managed a bit better. Either way, officially done.
#homelab #minirack

I've been getting notifications from #HomeAssistant throughout the day as National Grid are doing work on our local substation. Even though I haven't been working from home today, it's good to see my little UPS would've let me carry on as usual throughout the power cuts.

Anyone know good smart speaker things like Amazon Alexa that doesn't phone home etc?
#smarthome #homeassistant #privacy

Old servers are prepped and ready for their new owner and new home.
#homelab

Has anyone used an intel arc 310 sparkle eco for speech to text?
For context, looking at local speech to text for home assistant because why not. Might be missing something obvious btw, just remembered the A310 exists so was wondering if it was good haha.
#homeassistant #intel

Pond plumbing dilemna. Any plumbers out there?
The pond will have two strong pumps moving water through the bog filter and around the pool.
One pump will be dedicated to the filter (long black pipe).
The 2nd pump will split duty between the filter and providing water for 3 to 5 emitters in the bottom of the pool and around the edges.
The main piping is black 2” flexible pipe plus some PVC Sched40.
Plumbing Question: Should I reduce diameter once (as pictured badly lol) when branching from the mainline and then have valves for each and long runs of smaller 3/4 or 1/2" line to each sprayer.
Or keep it to 2" throughout and reduce at the outlets?
I would rather have the valve controls centralized than have them spread about where the sprayers are (obv not an option for the bottom ones anyway)
#Pond #DIY #Plumbing #PoolPond #PortAlberni #Home #BackyardPond

#PondLife #PoolPond #Backyard #DIY #PortAlberni #Home
$CAD1100 is a lot to spend on just a couple items, but I guess in the grand scheme of making a pond/pool that will completely transform our backyard, it's not crazy. This about equals the amount spent ($1200 iirc) to rent the digger last Labour Day weekend. The liner and underlay fabric was another $3000. So we're looking at about $5500 so far for the project as a whole. Still better (including for the ecosystem!) than your average $50,000 in-ground pool install. ;=D
I realized last night that I bought the wrong pumps (DCT vs DCP argh). One of those “oh that's cheaper than I thought it would be” moments... followed by... “oh crap.”
I'll send the previous pumps back immediately upon arrival.
It's ok though, these will be two 20,000L/h variable pumps. The entire pond/pool system should be no more than 23,000L. My biggest rookie mistake with the #pandemicpond in the front yard was too small a pump. I rectified that when I added the bog filters there.
So I'm overbuilding this time. I should be able to run them at low-speed/power for the same amount of flow. Which will be better for pump longevity and power over time.
Also got main piping for the system: 50ft of 2" flexible PVC (Schedule 40). This will move water from the intake bay (behind the tree) to the bog filter (in front of the tree) and connect to smaller diameter piping/valves/fittings for sprayers in the pool.
This should be the end of the big-ticket items. The rest will be a LOT of little stuff: electrical, piping, and a lot of rock. Probably another $1000-$1500 to go, all should be local, and some of it can be put off until next year if needed.
It took a few tries on the Bezos Site, but I managed to find a supplier within Canada to avoid tariffs on any of it because Tariff-flation is definitely a thing! (American .com store essentially doubled the cost!)
So ya, you can hashtag this #tariffs #TariffLife #TheAmericanFascist and #TrumpTariffs