▲ 87 ▼ As much as I love automations, I think my favorite part of Home Assistant is the insights it can give (media.piefed.zip) submitted 4 months ago by ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip to c/homelab@lemmy.ml 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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!
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago (4 children) Why not wire the hood to an air sensor? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SiblingNoah@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago I used a Shelly relay to add smarts to my dumb hood. Just interrupt the switches. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip [S] 4 points 4 months ago That powers the light too, so I'd rather not lose that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip [S] 5 points 4 months ago I may try, but I'm in an apartment and I'm not sure if I can pull it off without damaging the hood. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SiblingNoah@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago I used a Shelly relay to add smarts to my dumb hood. Just interrupt the switches. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip [S] 4 points 4 months ago That powers the light too, so I'd rather not lose that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago I used a Shelly relay to add smarts to my dumb hood. Just interrupt the switches. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip [S] 4 points 4 months ago That powers the light too, so I'd rather not lose that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip [S] 5 points 4 months ago I may try, but I'm in an apartment and I'm not sure if I can pull it off without damaging the hood. permalink fedilink source parent