Arguably, I find automations make a smart home truly smart rather than perks like voice control do. What are your favourite automations running at home?

  • the_thunder_god@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    In Progress, needs tweaking:
    Making sure our AC only turns on when it can efficiently cool the house. Useful when we dip into the 50’s for lows while it’s 70’s+ during the day. Basically switch the thermostat to heat only to avoid the AC coming on.

    In the planning stage:
    Presence sensing in our bathroom to turn the light on for my dad in the middle of the night. Can’t use PIR motion detection as my dad moves very slow these days and actually defeats the PIR sensor in our hallway night light. I’m thinking mmWave is the way to go. Might try presence sensing when someone is on the toilet, turn the fan on, again, because sometimes he forgets.

    Just getting started really with automations right now.

    • TequilaMockingbird@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Just a tip: You can also automate the bathroom fan with a timer to turn off after 30 min or whatever, since you want it to run for a bit but not all night.