Unfortunately, it is the case that there are many devices that do not report their power consumption in the Home Assistant. It can be light bulbs, LED strips, or other devices.Since these do not emit electricity consumption, it is difficult to know what uses electricity most. Is it the light…
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Integration
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Outdoor light
In order not to use unnecessary power, all lights outdoors are controlled by LUX. That is, how much light there is. When it gets dark enough, we turn on the outdoor light, and as soon as there is enough light, we turn it off again.The advantage of measuring the brightness…
Automation
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Light in the bathroom
It is a narrow matter to automate the light in the bathroom, with the help of e.g. a motion sensor. Enter the bathroom and the light will be turned on. X-minutes after there is no movement, then turn off the light. It is basic lighting control with a motion sensor….
Automation
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Different actions based on time of day
Sometimes it might be smart to have different outcomes by automation, based on time of day. For example, it might be smart to control the brightness of one light that turns on automatically, so you do not get max brightness in the face in the middle of the night. To…
Automation
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Toggle light based on motion
Why do something manually, which can happen automatically?When entering the kitchen, for example, we want the light to turn on automatically, and as long as we are in the kitchen, it is on. When we leave the kitchen, the light should turn off after a while.This can be solved by…
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WiZ smart light
We have two decorative figures at home that we would “upgrade” with some colors. Until now we only had a smart plug to turn them on / off, but we wanted something more. We found some light bulbs from WiZ that could do this at a reasonable price.WiZ has smart…