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Posted on10/07/2021Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Pause cooling when the door is open

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A big heat wave has hit Finland lately and it’s been quite hot for the last couple of weeks. That got me wondering about energy…

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Posted on09/06/202105/07/2021Guide

Guide: Samsung A/C to Home Assistant

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For few days I’ve been looking a way to integrate my summer home Samsung A/C unit into Home Assistant. After numerous amounts of failures I…

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Posted on07/06/202108/10/2021Home Upgrades

Review: Ubiquiti Video Doorbell G4

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Since my Unifi system seems to be expanding fast, I got an email from Ubiquiti that G4 doorbells are back on stock. After few minutes…

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Posted on20/05/202120/05/2021Summer Home

Project summer home: The Network

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Finally I managed to get network setup running. So here is the journal of my network setup that was filled with pain of bad consumer…

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Posted on08/05/202108/05/2021Summer Home

Project summer home: The smart plan

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We’ve been looking for a summer home for about a year now and finally found a proper one and closed a deal with it –…

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Posted on12/04/2021General

Our top 5 smart home devices

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For this post I’m going to give you a quick look over my top five smart devices in our home. These devices are used the…

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Posted on08/03/202108/03/2021Reviews

Review: Ubiquiti Unifi 6 Long-Range AP

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For some time now I’ve been dreaming of a better Wireless Access Point (AP) with more configuration options to replace my Ubiquiti Amplifi HD Access…

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Posted on11/02/202112/01/2024General

Adding sound to the deck

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Since last summers terrace expansion, I’ve been dreaming of some kind of sound system at the deck. Finally I managed to find a used Sonos…

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Posted on12/01/202112/01/2021General

Looking back to year 2020

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I was planning to write this post right after new year, but better later than never right? I’d though to look back to year 2020…

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Posted on02/01/202110/07/2021Home Assistant

Skoda Connect integration for Home Assistant

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For a while now, I’ve been looking for Skoda Connect integration for Home Assistant, but have not found one and have not had time to…

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