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Category: Home Upgrades

Upgrading my home with new smart products

Posted on27/02/202527/02/2025Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Setting up Home Assistant Voice PE and using it in native language

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I finally got interested about the Home Assistant Voice as I found it supports my native Language, Finnish, out of the box. That would be…

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Posted on25/02/202423/01/2025Home Upgrades

Moving from Deconz to Zigbee2MQTT

by Toni1 Comment on Moving from Deconz to Zigbee2MQTT

I’ve had Deconz (using Conbee II) as Zigbee coordinator for years now, but now it’s time to see if the grass is more green on…

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Posted on21/07/202306/11/2023Home Assistant

Solar PV data logger using Solar Assistant

by Toni5 Comments on Solar PV data logger using Solar Assistant

If you’re following me on Instagram, you might already know that I’ve got solar panels installed on to my roof recently! So far I’ve not…

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Posted on18/07/2022General

Going from combustion to fully electric vehicle

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Few weeks ago I made calculations between driving a combustion car and fully electric vehicle. With these gasoline prices in Finland (~2.5€/l) and electric prices…

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Posted on02/04/202203/04/2022Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Weber iGrill sensors

by Toni4 Comments on Home Assistant: Weber iGrill sensors

Spring is here and summer is just behind the corner. Last weekend it was time to take out the trustworthy Weber Genesis II gas grill…

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Posted on11/12/2021Home Assistant

Setting up a reliable fire protection using Z-Wave

by Toni7 Comments on Setting up a reliable fire protection using Z-Wave

I already have few Fibaro Z-Wave smoke sensors at summer home and I’ve been happy with those so why not use the same types at…

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Posted on08/10/2021Home Upgrades

Project summer home: Z-Wave network

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The great plan was to move my pre-build zwave2mqtt gateway to summer home and just pair newly added thermostats in place.. however, not everything went…

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Posted on08/09/202108/10/2021General

Upgrading floor heating using HeatIt V3

by Toni19 Comments on Upgrading floor heating using HeatIt V3

When we renovated the house almost three years ago, I installed electric floor heating to all of my four bedrooms. Since then I’ve been using…

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Posted on09/08/202108/10/2021Home Assistant

Project summer home: Remote controlling water pump with Meross MSS620

by Toni2 Comments on Project summer home: Remote controlling water pump with Meross MSS620

Our drinking water is coming out from the well using an industrial grade submersible pump. Every time we come back to the cottage we have…

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Posted on26/07/202106/11/2023Home Assistant

Meross MSG100 Garage Door Opener

by Toni4 Comments on Meross MSG100 Garage Door Opener

A while ago I found Meross MSG100 Garage Door Opener deal from Amazon.de with a price of 29.90€. I’ve been looking for a replacement for…

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