As much as I love automations, I think my favorite part of Home Assistant is the insights it can give
from ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip to homelab@lemmy.ml on 21 Jun 22:16
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I made some pasta after work yesterday, and you can clearly see the humidity spike in the house when boiling the water. Gotta remember to turn the extraction hood on if I don’t want mold!

As much as I love automations, I think my favorite part of Home Assistant is the insights it can givr

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frongt@lemmy.zip on 21 Jun 22:19 next collapse

Why not wire the hood to an air sensor?

ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip on 21 Jun 22:21 next collapse

I may try, but I’m in an apartment and I’m not sure if I can pull it off without damaging the hood.

SiblingNoah@piefed.social on 21 Jun 22:44 collapse

Most hoods are plugged into an outlet in the cabinet above it. Just pop a smart plug in there and leave the switch on the hood on.

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works on 21 Jun 22:50 next collapse

I used a Shelly relay to add smarts to my dumb hood. Just interrupt the switches.

ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip on 22 Jun 00:41 collapse

That powers the light too, so I’d rather not lose that.

MsPenguinette@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 22:46 next collapse

It starts with a little insight and ends with data hoarding. I have independent temperature, humidity, and air quality sensors in every single room. I’m chasing that data dragon

ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip on 21 Jun 23:23 collapse

That is 100% my goal.

xelar@lemmy.ml on 22 Jun 05:43 collapse

Be your own, local Alexa ;)

tburkhol@slrpnk.net on 21 Jun 23:15 next collapse

Add CO~2~ or pm 2.5, and you’ll really see when you cook. Boiling pasta doesn’t do much in my place, but my humidity ranges from 65-75%. (I prefer to watch the dewpoint, which is basically glued to 19°C all summer)

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 03:36 next collapse

I have a CO2 sensor I got from China for like 35 bucks, and was able to reverse engineer the api

bremen15@piefed.social on 22 Jun 04:44 collapse

How nice to See someone with a clue about thermodynamics

thanksforreading@lemmy.ml on 22 Jun 11:42 next collapse

I’m in the market for air sensors (temp, humidity and quality etc). What are some good options for HA?

Kage520@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 14:28 next collapse

I like my Apollo air 1. I have an alert set for when the air quality is poor for over 30 minutes, but mostly it just shows up after I made toast.

HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 16:24 collapse

Apollo sensors > *

huangrydude@lm.boing.icu on 25 Jun 11:07 collapse

I just got 2 of the new Ikea ones. They have CO2, temp, humidity and pm 2.5 . Working flawless (apart from having wrong time) . Connected via Matter

manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml on 22 Jun 14:53 next collapse

The stove top extractors are especially important if you’ve got a gas cook top, those things are baaaaad for you :(

TBi@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 16:33 next collapse

I recommend a dehumidifier! Great to keep humidity down.

Midnitte@beehaw.org on 23 Jun 01:43 collapse

Dont forget the mold indicator

ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip on 23 Jun 02:00 collapse

I need to set that up, especially in the bathrooms.