Smokeless7048

Heyo

In the summer, I stick box-fans in the windows, pulling in nice cool air and pushing off the use of AC by a couple months

Of course, since these are cheap CT fans, all they have is a rotary dial (0-3), and no real ability to automate.

I decided to add a 3 channel controller on AliExpress

Since my goal is high WAF, everything needs to work via the orinal controls. This allowed me to still use the original rotary dial, while giving me a HA override

Installation was fine, largest annoyance was the fan was original a switched neutral. Once I figured that out, I moved to a switch hot layout, and the tested. Turned on fan... Err, fine.

Threw in shoe glue as adhesive, and wire protection, and put 'er back together

I've wanted to illuminate my kick plates for a long time, starting with my master bathroom, and rolling out to my secondary and kitchen

Finally started today, with a 100w 24v converter, and a gledopto ZigBee controller

Installation was easy, and the controller was quickly picked up. I previously installed a GFCI protected outlet under my sink, so I just plugged it into there.

I don't have a motion sensor yet, so it's just a timed automation:

Day: bright white, about 40% brightness Evening: warm white, about 20% brightness After 10: almoast amber, and about 1% brightness, just enough to pee by.

I bought several Sonoff mini4r to add some automation to my lights, and wanted to post a short review:

Pros:

• price is excellent. Got 5 for <$50 cad.
• Size is amazing, itsy Bitsy.
• Build quality feels good.
• Should be easy to flash, if my soldering skills were better, with exposed pads.
• Connected to my home wifi quick and easy.
• SonoffLAN easily picked them up, with full control.
• Detached relay mode works great, with switch fallback if wifi goes down.
• quick response time, under a second.

Cons:

• only rated for 10-12 amps, means I can't install this on switch controlled outlets.
• wish it had headers for flashing.
• wifi only, wish there was a ZigBee model.

In the end, I'm likely to buy more, and some Shelly units for where I need 16-20 amp relays.

People honestly beleive there was a massive empire until recently which covered most the globe, but was destroyed by a worldwide mud flood.

Somehow, spires on buildings made limitless power

Whose planning on upgrading from the Q2 to a Q3?

It seems like a lot of incremental upgrades, but it's a LOT of incremental upgrades.

Cost is definitely a lot higher than I like, close to 2x what I paid for my Q2