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Author: SirGoodEnough

I retired from a large mid-western medical equipment manufacturer on December 31 (2019) and decided to try to let everyone in on my life and my transition into retirement. I have a varied set of interests. I live in a 90 year old cape cod in the middle of a small city of 70,000 people. I have a small lot across the street from the city seat of government, but despite that I have a 1952 Allis Chalmers farm tractor that I drive around the city from time to time. My wife has a business that has me fixing and creating cool home decor out of broken windows and drywall screws. I have been known to buy things on 'for sale' lists, fix it up, clean it up, generally add value and sell it off. Oh, yes, I'm getting chickens! But first I have to build the chicken coop and run. It will be like no other you have ever seen. Also will give me something to do. I am into home automation, have a Home Assistant enabled home and so will the chickens! I'll have to give them a password...
Electric Dryer Announcement in Home Assistant Using Tasmota
Home Assistant / TasmotaHome ProjectsHome Repair
2020-07-14

Electric Dryer Announcement in Home Assistant Using Tasmota. NO CVT’s!

I use a Sonoff SV and a simple 110v coil relay to provide a electric dryer announcement to the house...

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Home Assistant / Tasmota
2020-06-06

5 Things You Should be Doing After You Flash Tasmota But Likely Aren’t Doing

In this video I list 5 things that you SHOULD be doing after you flash Tasmota onto your Tuya based or Sonoff based (or any other for that matter) device so they work properly in Home assistant....

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Home Assistant / Tasmota
2020-05-28

Home Assistant 0.110 ”Not’ Condition | Auto Fan Control Based on Room Temp & Time

I show and explain the ceiling fan control I use to change the fan speed. One of the automations uses the new Not condition first found in HA 0.110....

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Home Assistant / TasmotaProduct Review
2020-05-11

Smart Power Strip | Tasmota 5-Function Button | ZLD-44USA-W

In this video I Tuya-Convert a 5-relay outlet strip. I then load Tasmota 8.3 which gives us a Tasmota 5-function button with the ability to control all 5 relays in this device....

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Automotive Repair
2020-04-28

Change Tensioner, Idler Pulley, & Fan Belt 2007 Hyundai Tuscon GLS

Follow along with me as we change some worn out parts on my Wife's Hyundai. Let's change tensioner, idler pulley, & fan belt on a 2007 Hyundai Tuscon GLS....

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Product Review
2020-04-27

Let’s Assemble a 3d Printer!

I got a delivery! Let's assemble a 3d printer from BangGood. Come and watch me put the big pile of pieces into one nice unit....

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GardenTractor
2020-04-21

Let’s go for a ride stream. The Garden is calling

Take a ride with me to the garden. ...

C57 handsfree bluetooth
Product Review
2020-04-13

Wireless Hands-Free Car Kit C57

In this video I go for a ride in My Wife’s car with her driving, and test out a new Bluetooth device hands-free car kit C57...

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Home Assistant / Tasmota
2020-04-07

Fixing Home Assistant DataBase Problems With MariaDB Addon

In this video I replace my overloaded Home Assistant Internal Database (SQLite) with MariaDB. ...

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Home ProjectsTractor
2020-04-06

Almost Live-ish Tractor Ride – 1952 Allis Chalmers WD

In this video I take out my 1952 Allis Chalmers WD tractor for a ride to my community garden plot to plant some lettuce, onions, carrots, and asparagus....

Diffuser Tasmota Install
Home Assistant / TasmotaProduct Review
2020-04-03

Maxcio 400ml Smart Aromatherapy Diffuser Tasmota Install (Part 2)

In this video I pull my Maxcio 400ml Smart Aromatherapy Diffuser out of the Tuya cloud and bring it home to my Home Assistant instance. ...

Smart Aromatherapy Diffuser
Home Assistant / TasmotaProduct Review
2020-04-01

Maxcio 400ml Smart Aromatherapy Diffuser Review & Tuya Install (Part 1)

In this video I unbox my new WIFI smart diffuser and get it working on the provided application on my phone. This is a Tuya based device and uses the Tuya app to provide WIFI functions. ...

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Home Assistant / Tasmota
2020-03-26

Home Assistant & Tasmota Back-ups

m individual contributor GIThub pages for Home Assistant & Tasmota Back-ups and install them to provide a good back-up for your Smart-Home installation....

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Home Assistant / Tasmota
2020-03-20

Home Assistant 0.107 Helpers Move to the New UI Editor.

In this video I show you how I converted the helper files that I was already using into my Lovelace & out of YAML using the new UI editor home assistant 0.107 helpers....

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Pellet StovesWood Heat
2020-03-17

4 free ways to lite your Pellet Stove

In this video I use 4 items that you probably have around the house anyway as kindling to lite your Pellet Stove....

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Home Assistant / Tasmota
2020-03-16

Home Assistant Human Malware Statistics Monitor (CoronaVirus Statistics Integration)

In this video I install the Home Assistant Integration that reads the Johns Hopkins API So Human Malware Statistics Monitor it is......

2020-03-04

Four Ways to Remove String and Remove Hair From Office Chair Wheels

In this video I rescue the wheels from my wife’s office chair so she can roll around the office again. After this you too can remove hair from office chair wheels....

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Home ProjectsHome RepairProduct Review
2020-03-04

Laptop Keyboard Replacement Acer Aspire < $10 and 10 minutes

In this video I remove a bad keyboard from my Acer Aspire Laptop and do keyboard replacement with one from Amazon for less than $10 in less than 10 minutes. ...

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Automotive RepairHome ProjectsHome Repair
2020-03-04

12v Battery Charger Repair Schauer Quick Charger F-5612

I repair my 12v / 6v 20a portable battery charger....

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Home Assistant / Tasmota
2020-02-17

Sonoff Slampher and PIR Coordination of 2 Separate Units

I have completed this project where I have 2 separately wired lights in a basement stairway that need coordinated control (PIR Coordination of 2 Separate Units). ...

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