Stop Getting Blinded by Your Smart Lights at Night
Set a gentler brightness for any dimmable light that turns on at night, without maintaining a light list. A complete Home Assistant package and a short YAML walkthrough.
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Fix your Magic Home LED issues with this simple IOS setting!
This weekend I had to do some fixer upper type stuff. My outdoor DIY LED lighting strips had some issues. I have four of them mounted along the…
Swapping Etekcity RF outlets to Tuya Wi-Fi switch outlets
My Broadcom RM Pro Hub finally died this week. The hub was in service for about 2 or 3 years and was used exclusively to control my Etekcity…
Easily Upgrade your Outdoor Lighting with LED Solar Spot lights!
I’ve realized that not everything has to be ‘smart’ to offer value to the house. In fact, I usually love Smart Features when they are really exemplify energy…
Home Assistant Breaking Change: All Light Groups
I have been running Home Assistant from the very beginning and the very first light group I used was the auto generated group.all_lights. This was an auto-generated light…
Breaking down the Flag Sensor in Home Assistant
With all the holidays passing us, I’ve noticed the nice colors on my house using the DIY LED lightstrips. With Halloween, Christmas, Valentine and now President’s day, the…