I don’t mean to make all you HomeKit users jealous, but I wanted to automate a lamp in my living room, and this has been working perfectly.

[bowreality@mastodon.social]

@drdrang We use them too because they work in super cold weather.

[andynormancx@mastodon.online]

@dmoren @drdrang if you put it off long enough the problem solves itself

[elie@elbereth.xyz]

@drdrang my parents used them for the Christmas tree.
And they had one attached to the boiler

[beaterich@norden.social]

@drdrang But it makes a ticking noise, doesn’t it?

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@BeateRich No, not at all. Clocks of this kind are basically electric motors.

[beaterich@norden.social]

@drdrang But they do make a mechanical sound, right? And it’s getting louder with time when the mechanical parts gets worn out.

[jamesfee@mastodon.social]

@dmoren @drdrang

Move to Arizona.

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@BeateRich There are moving parts, so I’m sure there’s some noise, but I just put my ear against it and didn’t hear a thing.

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@jamesfee @dmoren If you’re going to use a TC GIF, you should suggest moving to Hawaii.

[jamesfee@mastodon.social]

@drdrang @dmoren

[paulc@mstdn.social]

@drdrang WeHad one of those growing up but my parents would use it with a single lamp when we were on vacation.

I finally moved from X10 light switches to Insteon. So no sending signals over the Internet just to turn on the light. I stick with it because the Indigo software allow me to make sunrise and sunset to determine lights going on and off plus adds randomness so the lights don’t turn off at 10:05 every night, which makes me feel better when traveling.

[sadmin@social.tchncs.de]

@drdrang it fails when the central server goes down. It does, right? It does, right!?

[risottobias@toot.risottobias.org]

@drdrang @lmorchard gasp! it's @TechConnectify's magic spinny dial!

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[aburka@hachyderm.io]

@drdrang I don't understand, I don't see any STM32 processors in there at all

[linnefaulk@mastodon.social]

@drdrang I had one that would randomly turn on the light within a set period. This always freaked out my boyfriend.

[djm62@beige.party]

@drdrang antikythera plugin for HomeAssistant when?

[beaterich@norden.social]

@drdrang Then it’s a good one.

[jonm@hachyderm.io]

@drdrang Just bought one of those myself! On a related note, saw someone who automated a power strip to cut power every night at midnight, and now they never have to reset the clock on their microwave.

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@sadmin The central server at the power company, yes

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@risottobias @lmorchard @TechConnectify Never watched this one. When I was a kid, all electric clocks were like this. Quartz movements didn’t become common until sometime in the 70s, I think.