visitors this year: 1,327 Domestic hot water can be heated by a gas or oil central heating boiler or by an electrical immersion heater. I take advantage of half-price nighttime electricity and use an...
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visitors this year: 379 There are a variety of camera types to help monitor the drive, a pet, a baby, a device, a bird feeder – whatever. You might want to know what’s eating...
visitors this year: 182 Here’s how to add a little functionality to Home Assistant, the automation platform. Do try this especially if you’re just starting to add features to Home Assistant. speedtestdotnet: scan_interval: hours:...
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visitors this year: 858 The LED striplights in a kitchen use 12v transformers and they are powered through smart plugs / sockets. The sockets are by TP-link – and they remember their on-off state...
visitors this year: 4,846 fit a sensor to the electricity meter for a minute by minute readout The UK electricity meter shows electricity use in kWatt hours, and a human sometimes pops by to...
visitors this year: 8,064 make a heating oil tank level sensor that’s more useful than anything you can buy There is a replacement for this project – the latest project uses a DFROBOT A02YYUW...
visitors this year: 16,376 how much heating oil do I use each year? Of course it depends but reckon on needing to order 1000 to 1600 litres a year for heating your rooms and...
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