I use mine on a pedestal fan. I have a POW on my bore hole pump (great to track how long I run it and set timers to turn it off). I also have a work light in my garage which is plugged into a basic, and I set up an IFTTT rule to turn on the light when I head home and then off again after 10 mins.
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Dolby
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For those that don't know, this is a killer mesh system of between 3 and 6 nodes placed around the house. The system creates a WiFi blanket for exceptional performance and coverage. A number of ISPs are using when customers need premium WiFi.
Each node covers around 100sqm, so a triple should be good for 300sqm coverage. However, this month, you can get a 4th extension for under R700.00 additional, if needed.
Keep in mind these are 1600 Mbps 3x3 802.11ac + 2x2 802.11n - so more than adequate in most situations to 'extend' that 100Mbps fibre throughout the house
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I gonna get me some of those touch light switch replacements.
Does anyone have any clever ideas for monitoring pool temperature?
I just got some solar pool heating panels installed and I'd like to monitor the temperature of the actual pool, the general air temperature (can use the weather feed for this though) and the temperature of the water returning off the roof panels.
I've got some waterproof DS18B20 temp probes which are compatible with the Sonoff TH 10/16 but was wondering if there's anything clever for actually getting them into pipes without causing leaks etc.
Was thinking something like this:
https://thailandpoolshop.com/shop/zodiac-tri-ph-tri-pro-probe-housing/
(monitoring pool pH would be sweet too)
Basically need something that could get from a 50mm pvc T piece to a much smaller piece with a good gasket and seal.
I just got some solar pool heating panels installed and I'd like to monitor the temperature of the actual pool, the general air temperature (can use the weather feed for this though) and the temperature of the water returning off the roof panels.
I've got some waterproof DS18B20 temp probes which are compatible with the Sonoff TH 10/16 but was wondering if there's anything clever for actually getting them into pipes without causing leaks etc.
Was thinking something like this:
https://thailandpoolshop.com/shop/zodiac-tri-ph-tri-pro-probe-housing/
(monitoring pool pH would be sweet too)
Basically need something that could get from a 50mm pvc T piece to a much smaller piece with a good gasket and seal.
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Ooh. I want to do this too. My pool under cover - would be lovely to see temp etc.
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They're not
Are these available with a bayonet type as well? Bought one of these to try with kitchen outside light in any case
It works be awesome though. When I asked them 6 months back they also had no plans for bayonet
Are these available with a bayonet type as well? Bought one of these to try with kitchen outside light in any case
You can get a converter but that will add an extra 2cms to the height.
Ah OK, will look at local light shop and try, it’s a pity though!
Also learnt that my ceiling light switches don’t have the 2 wires to each “box” so will be a mission for me to replace the light switches :-(
Sorry, that's a bit above my pay grade
Hopefully someone here can provide some advice?
My dad did something waaaaay back in the 90's with an ISA based "interface card" for his old Pentium 1 machine. Basically he took a pill bottle, added a weight to it, then embedded a temperature sensor and sealed the whole thing up with silicone.
Then he grinded a thin slit through the paving to the pool's weir. He then ran the wire through it and epoxied the wire in place. At the end of the paving it went into ducting and eventually to the PC.
So the temperature sensor was basically in the water in the weir on a short enough wire to make sure it couldn't get caught in anything.
We used to ran to the PC on Saturday mornings to see how warm the water was.
He also added a level sensor to the pool - basically a couple of stainless steel rods at various lengths also in the weir. This meant he could pick up the pool level (we had a salt water pool) and he had a solenoid valve connected to the pipes in the pump box so he could fill up the pool automatically.
The PC also ran his sprinkler system and he programmed a rainfall sensor to stop the sprinkling system when it rained.
Awesome stuff!
He was
-- made me very proud.Problem is something always inevitably broke -- whether it was the pool-level rods actually eroding away or the gardener digging up the ducting or the pet rabbit chewing through the pipes. And once he was "done" with the project he lost interest and didn't really bother to repair it.
So everything started out great but eventually worked less and less. Nowadays he buys normal off-the-shelf stuff and pays somebody to come and install it. Much less smart but much more reliable.
That's one thing I can see myself doing too -- it is awesome being able to tinker with custom firmware and OpenHab and weird internet bindings etc., but there's probably going to be a point where ANOTHER firmware update breaks all the custom setup stuff, and I might end up throwing it all out too. As is I broke my OpenHab instance because the powerscript update script had the wrong URL and it ended up just deleting part of my existing one and not downloading anything new.
I had a lot of trouble finding them -- eventually found them at MetroHome. Everybody else was out of stock of the Edison Screw --> Bayonette converters.
blueowl
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+1 for ACDC - they had (have) loads of such adapters/converters- I got a whole bunch of various types not so long ago there.