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Some lessons learned from a new heating system
If you’re planning to upgrade your boiler or heating system, I would like you to read this post. I learned some valuable lessons since having a new heating systems installed in March 2021. I want to tell you what those lessons were. They might help you get better performance our… Read ⇢
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A quick look at the Android tablet I’m going to use with Home Assistant
In my latest YouTube video, I unbox an Android powered point-of-sale screen that I’m planning to use as a Home Assistant control panel. I’ve been running Home Assistant for a few years now, but something I always wanted to add was a control panel. This was always going to be… Read ⇢
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Wrong ribbon?
My plan to use the Eddi relay board to interface it with my Mixergy tank has had its first setback. The ribbon cable is the wrong size!! I’m waiting on a replacement from Myenergi! Read ⇢
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Solar PV and the Eddi. Should I heat all the water??
My Eddi has been installed for about two months now. It has been a great addition to my setup quietly mopping up mountains of surplus PV and heating hot water. I installed it myself and documented it over on my YouTube channel, so if you’re interested in that, check it… Read ⇢
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First sunny month with new solar PV
With June being the first really sunny month of the year, I wanted to share my thoughts on how well my newly installed Solar PV setup performed. Setup I have two arrays on my house, consisting of eight plans on the main roof of the house, south facing and a… Read ⇢
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Predicting periods of excess solar power
My solar PV has been in and working now for several months. We’ve tried to adjust our usage patterns to take advantage of when there will be excess solar after our battery and hot water tank are filled. This has been something I’ve been thinking about for a while and… Read ⇢
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Wiring for smart lighting with Shelly relays!
I’m building an extension to my kitchen. As readers of my blog and Twitter will know, I love home automation and building work presents an opportunity to incorporate more of it! My Current Smart Lighting The vast majority of smart lighting in my house is provided by Shelly devices. These… Read ⇢
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Matter, Unifi and mDNS
I started playing around with the connectedhomeip repository last week in an effort to get a better understanding of Matter and Thread. One of the issues I ran into was related to how Matter uses mDNS and DNS-SD. After hours of messing around with both my nRF52840 and ESP32 boards,… Read ⇢
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Gas Energy Usage – Nov 22
With Christmas around the corner, I wanted to post an update on my November 2022 gas usage before I wind down for Christmas. Usage in November last year 292m3, which is around 10m3 of gas a day. That’s about 110kWh per day. November 2022 was a different story. We were… Read ⇢
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