As earlier mentioned I’m a big fan of local solutions, part because of security and knowing where your data is stored and part being ownership. Too many times a cloud solution leads to sudden risk of privacy, data or even your devices. Last seen with Sonos excluding old devices. Therefore I went for a local […]
Lightning strikes are scary enough, but add the cost of an EV charging while a lightning strikes and it can cost a fortune. Again a little automation can help to protect the home and precious EV. The component used for lightning warning is the Blitzortung component. Automation:
I grew tired of my service provider changing my static public ip with short notification. Therefore I wrote this little automation as a safeguard. Automation:
Paper garbage is seldom collected, so after some mishaps I wrote this automation to remind of us collecting. The automation is using several components. For waste and paper garbage notification I’m using this component. Sensor: Automation: 1