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Posted on03/05/202317/05/2023Reviews

Guest Review: SwitchBot Curtain in the hands of a Home-Automation amateur

by Kimmo2 Comments on Guest Review: SwitchBot Curtain in the hands of a Home-Automation amateur

I was asked by my friend and the Creating Smart Home mastermind Toni if I could test a Switchbot Curtain, a retrofit device for opening…

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Posted on17/04/2023Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Setting up time schedules to Shelly devices (gen1 and gen2)

by ToniLeave a comment on Home Assistant: Setting up time schedules to Shelly devices (gen1 and gen2)

Since my transformation to dynamic electricity prices are ongoing, I need to try to tackle up all the corner cases that comes with it. In…

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Posted on12/04/202314/04/2023Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Advanced Nord Pool Cheapest Hours automation with local calendar support

by Toni30 Comments on Home Assistant: Advanced Nord Pool Cheapest Hours automation with local calendar support

In few weeks I finally have to move from constant electricity price to the spot price and I’m going to have to expand my automations…

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Posted on31/12/2022Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Tesla Charger Release Button

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If you own a Tesla EV and don’t have original Tesla charger you might missing one crucial thing that makes your life much easier: Tesla…

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Posted on06/11/202219/11/2022Guide

Home Assistant: Nord Pool cheapest hours package

by Toni61 Comments on Home Assistant: Nord Pool cheapest hours package

In previous post Home Assistant: Nord Pool Spot prices and how to automate devices for cheapest hours I created an automation that uses Nord Pool…

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Posted on17/09/202212/04/2023Guide

Home Assistant: Nord Pool Spot prices and how to automate devices for cheapest hours

by Toni148 Comments on Home Assistant: Nord Pool Spot prices and how to automate devices for cheapest hours

Most of this information can already be found around the internet, but since I wanted to integrate one as well for my Home Assistant instance,…

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Posted on23/10/202110/12/2021Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Scheduling the car heater

by Toni81 Comments on Home Assistant: Scheduling the car heater

Winter is coming once again and pre-heating car is needed when the temperature drops below five degrees. This automation is something that I wrote to…

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Posted on27/07/2021Guide

Home Assistant: NFC Enabled Garage Door

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Now that I’ve installed WiFi controller for my Garage Door I’d though to add some advanced features on it.. Too many times I’ve gone to…

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Posted on10/07/2021Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Pause cooling when the door is open

by ToniLeave a comment on Home Assistant: Pause cooling when the door is open

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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  • Home Assistant: Advanced Nord Pool Cheapest Hours automation with local calendar support
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