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0 pointsedent7y ago0 comments

Most automation doesn't work for me. I don't keep to a set 9-5 schedule, so anything that assumes a routine fails me. Here's what I do use.

Tado - a smart thermostat, sets the temperature while we're in the house. Heats up water only if we're in. Uses an app to geolocate us.

Lifx - lightbulbs which automatically dimm at 2300 (good reminder to go to bed) and auto switch off a couple of hours after sunrise.

Everything else is either always on (security cameras, smoke detector) or run as needed (Roomba, car charger, electric blanket) or autonomous (Moixa solar battery).

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soneil7y ago

> I don't keep to a set 9-5 schedule, so anything that assumes a routine fails me. Here's what I do use.

This has been a pet bug of mine for a while. My shifts are never the same 2 weeks in a row, and I feed it all into my calendar. But homekit etc won't consume this.

I've botched together a few scripts to set my heating based on the events in my 'work' calendar, so it sets before I get home, not after, and it does seem to work much better than any geofencing or 'learning'.

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