Wringer Clothes Washer vs Modern China Made Thing
In this video I reject a modern China made thing $140 low tech washer and go old school instead with a wringer clothes washer. ...
Home Assistant Supervised Update to Debian 11 and New Supervisor.
These are the steps I took to update my Debian 10 supervised Home Assistant install to Debian 11 and the new Supervisor version....
5-Button Keypad Cipher Lock Blueprint Using Trigger-ID
In this video I’ll show you how to use the new (as of Home Assistant 2021.7) Automation Trigger_ID function in a Blueprint. I offer a blueprint for a 5-Button Keypad Lock that makes good use of this feature....
SSD / HDD for RasPi 4 PLUS MQTT / Syslog Server
In this video I install an old laptop Hard Drive in my Raspberry Pi 4 and remove the SD card completely. I then use it to make an MQTT / Syslog Server...
TDMGR Installation and Use
In this video I Tell you about several different ways to install tdmgr. Tdmgr software is owned and distributed by https://github.com/jziolkowski/tdm. I have found the provided installation methods to be somewhat limited, and seek to offer more alternatives....
Home Assistant Outside Light Control Using MET.no Weather Integration
I show you how I implement the Home Assistant Weather MET Integration & how I use that to control my outdoor lighting....
Low Cost SMD Soldering Station Model 8586 UnBoxing & Set-up
Low Cost SMD Soldering Station Model 8586 UnBoxing & Set-up. Let's try this thing out. Will you like it?...
Sonoff DIY Mode Flash to Tasmota Using Linux Laptop 2020 Updates
In this video I grab my Ubuntu Laptop and using Sonoff DIY, flash Tasmota on a Sonoff Mini...
DrzZs Pixel PRO v2 – WLED For Beginners – My First Try of WLED
In this video I use one of DrZzs Pixel Pro v2 boards for a Christmas tree. This is my first time & I recorded it live so this is WLED For Beginners....
Control Your Garage Door Sonoff SV & 2 GS-WDS07 (RF433) Reed Switches
How to use a Sonoff SV and a couple of RF433 reed switches to fully control your Garage Door. Code and descriptions included....
Remote Backup Addon for Home Assistant – 3-2-1 Backup Strategy
In this video I install the Remote Backup Addon https://github.com/ikifar2012/remote-backup-addon/blob/master/README.md from Ikifar Matheson....
IFAN03 from Sonoff – 120 Volt Conversion for the US Market
In this video I modify an IFAN03 fan switch to use on a Westinghouse Ceiling fan on 120 Volt mains...
TYWE3S Tuya Module Serial Programming Adapter
After hearing a few requests, I decided I would print and make available to people without a 3d printer some of these adapters to program your Tuya Device....
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...
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....
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....
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....
Fixing Home Assistant DataBase Problems With MariaDB Addon
In this video I replace my overloaded Home Assistant Internal Database (SQLite) with MariaDB. ...
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. ...
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. ...