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Home Solar PV Panels Upgrade Finished
19 July 2022
7 min read
Our new 1.6kW solar array has now been fitted and is working much better than we expected
19 July 20227 min read
Home Assistant remote ESP32 ePaper Display
08 June 2022
9 min read
Making a remote display using an ESP32 eInk ePaper module to show data from our Home Assistant system
08 June 20229 min read
Solar Upgrade Solis 1.5kW inverter and Raspberry Pi RS485 Logging
17 May 2022
32 min read
A new solar PV inverter installed with Raspberry Pi RS485 data logging
17 May 202232 min read
Yaesu FP-1030A Power Supply Repair
06 April 2022
6 min read
Fault finding and repairing a Ham Radio Yaesu FP-1030A Power Supply which had a hidden manufacturing defect on the PCB
06 April 20226 min read
Solar Panel Supplier Zero Home Bills Scammed me out of £640
26 March 2022
4 min read
I fell for an online scam from a fake online store for solar panels and lost a lot of money
26 March 20224 min read
Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug with energy monitoring relay replacement
13 March 2022
5 min read
Repairing a Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug which has a dead relay
13 March 20225 min read
Home Assistant Setup in 2022
18 February 2022
9 min read
This post details our journey with Home Assistant since we first tried the software in 2016 and various upgrades with our hardware sensors and software to automate some of our home.
18 February 20229 min read
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W external antenna mod
06 December 2021
6 min read
Modifying a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to add an external antenna with a U.FL RF connector
06 December 20216 min read
Amazon Echo Show 5 2nd Gen Smart Display Teardown
30 November 2021
20 min read
Tearing down an Amazon Echo Show 5, 2021 2nd generation smart speaker and display
30 November 202120 min read
Saving power on the home network
07 November 2021
7 min read
As part of our ongoing quest to reduce our energy usage and carbon footprint, we have installed a compressive home energy logging system which uses various sensors to monitor our energy consumption, generation and environment data, which are collated in Home Assistant and also on our home logger
07 November 20217 min read
Adding a Zigbee Smart Thermostatic radiator valve to Home Assistant
13 September 2021
6 min read
Controlling our loft radiator with a Zigbee controlled thermostatic radiator valve and Home Assistant.
13 September 20216 min read
Adding Gas Meter Energy logging to Home Assistant
03 September 2021
3 min read
Adding new MQTT sensors to Home Assistant to log Gas meter usage data
03 September 20213 min read
Shelly EM Power Logging with Home Assistant
26 August 2021
11 min read
Adding Shelly EM power monitoring in the loft with Home Assistant
26 August 202111 min read
Mastervolt Soladin 600 Wi-Fi logging adapter with ESP32
20 August 2021
9 min read
Adding remote Wi-Fi data access to our Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar PV inverter using an Espressif ESP32-WROOM-32UE module
20 August 20219 min read
Washing Machine notifications via Home Assistant and Sonos Smart Speakers
15 August 2021
4 min read
Audio notifications for when the washing machine needs to be emptied via Home Assistant and Sonos speakers
15 August 20214 min read
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