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Projected temps overnight of -2C and I come over here to see the botanical conservatory in your back yard…sheesh!

Post up anytime you’re doing something fun in HA and tag me…would love to see what you’re up to. The dashboards are for a video I’m working on basically for folks who want to make better purchase decisions on cookware for induction, but from a technical viewpoint. All of my devices and...

Doing some more testing on different pans/pots on the induction cooktop. In each case I measured the power and time to take 1 quart of water from 60F to 210F. The graph rolls through a 6 minute window, so the data there may not make sense as I grabbed the screens after the test had completed...

That credit/video part doesn't make sense, but I'll pm you :)

I think you need that body shop to give a really good assessment, and inspect the rest of the car. Once it gets structural, viability is a question. But if the issue is confined to what you’ve shown there, it’s fixable. Then it’s a question of cost … EDIT: After looking at the video, I've...

A month or so back, I was approached by Reolink to do a review on their video doorbell. This is a new thing for me, requiring some thought about whether or not I wanted to go down this road with my channel. I figured I'd give it go as I was aware of this company's products, particuarly in the...

I blame @nicholam77 completely for leading me down the Home Assistant rabbit hole :) I've noticed that there is a WIDE disparity in effectiveness despite companies marketing "induction" capable for their cookware. Then I got to thinking, "How much does one save by going with a cheaper pot, and...

Nick that experience at the dealer to deal with the suction pump, *****! Oh, and damn you for sending me down the HA rabbit hole. The sound of a toilet flushing is very much present in my cranial area now, daily :cool: Joking, aside, it's pretty cool so far, and I'm literally just tickling...

Yes. I’ve been in the pool since the X10 days and have used Vera, Smarthings, Hubitat, and now, Home Assistant as well. Of them all, if you are looking to just control a few lights and want to avoid a rabbit hole, I’d look at Hubitat. You don’t need to add anything and it’s all local control...

Spring is distressingly late this year...still dipping below freezing at night. Crazy. The lull in spring activities gave me some time to shoot a video to cover the annual service I do on the snowblower. It's key to longevity, and well worth it given that the current pricing on a Toro 1128...

Frigate has really impressed me.. so any kind of detection on a camera seems kind of irrelevant now, ha. All of my current cams are POE. You basically feed the lower res “sub” feed to frigate for motion detection/recognition, and then it records the main feed when it needs to. You can configure...

I think the interest in these open source solutions like pfsense for routers, home assistant automation etc. is about distrust over “canned” solutions in favour of things that can be isolated and don’t rely on data “in the cloud”. One thing is for sure, based on how complex everything is...

Some more time, this time a lot easier going. 1. I have a few cameras working perfectly now in the Frigate NVR, and communicating just fine with HA. Not sure exactly what to do with the HA side yet (after @nicholam77 comments), but we're just getting going. 2. The Reolink WIFI/battery Video...

Proxmox was pretty easy, and the HA script to set up HA as a VM also easy. Frigate is usually installed as an LXC under Proxmox (more concepts to learn!) and that was easy enough. Getting it working was a time **** that took hours to resolve. It depends on a config text file, and of course...

Between @nicholam77 posting glowing reviews on Home Assistant, and my desire to check out "Frigate", it looks like I'm officially going down the Home Assistant route. To get technical, the plan is to install "Proxmox" on a Dell 7020 Micro, and then run the Home Assistant OS in a virtual...

I see... a simmerstat does not sense temperature at all. It just cycles power based on an internal heated spring element. When doing my wax pot experiments, I did pretty big spikes in temp, unless I ramped power back before the set point was reached. Given the variables in the popping itself...

I think with a typical wall (particularyl plaster lathe, with exterior shiplap there is a ton of structure/nails etc. to stabilize a blown in stud cavity from settling as well. Excellent post though as you can see how the wiring got in the way on one of the cavities! When we purchased our 100...

It will be hard to DIY a proper dense pack with the rental equipment. However, you can get closer if you take your time. Some settling at the top of the wall cavities is not the end of the world. I will say though that cellulose left in place for some time will bind to itself with just...

The 1/2" HT M18 has your name written on it :) I think we might be as "deep in the rusty rust of rust belt" as you are..ha.

This is the short version (under 3 minutes) of the Milwaukee impacts vs my 20 year air impact. I've been shooting the main videos in opengate resolution (higher than 4K resolution) for the main 16:9 format YT vids, then doing a shortform edit using the same footage in vertical format for the...