Author: Tomi
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How much electricity does 20y old dishwasher consume (Tuya Zigbee smart socket test)
Aliexpress Santa delivered a cheap (10€) Tuya smart socket (Zigbee version). I have several Aquara smart sockets (SP-EUC01) around the house that work really well in #homeassistant. But they cost 20-25€. I wanted to test the #Tuya smart socket this time. Not sure exactly which model it is, Aliex… markets it as “Homekit Tuya Smart…
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The water meter experiment failed successfully
This, my dears, this is how to fail spectacularly:I wanted to measure my home’s water consumption and track it in Home Assistant. I failed (for now). Read on to find out what happens if you buy all the correct components, follow the instructions but fail to check the type of the water meter first. I’ve…
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Sorry because of testing messages
Hi there! I’m trying to fix the #Activitypub plugin for #WordPress therefore you will probably see some random test messages. Sorry for that and please bear with me. I’d really like to make it work. There is a glitch somewhere in my home lab setup and I am still searching for the pattern. Sometimes the…
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Blogger to WordPress migration
Today I’ve managed to transfer my old (13+ years) blog posts from Google #Blogger (Blogspot) to #WordPress. It was surprisingly easy: Surprisingly, publication dates are intact. I’ve also noticed images are still linked to Blogger. At the same time, I find images from Blogger in my Media library. I’m puzzled.
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Energy dashboards in Home Assistant
I spent quite some time configuring the Energy dashboard in #homeassistant. My primary objective was to track how much electricity my home consumes, how much my micro #PV produces and how much I return to the grid. Finally, this is the result: Today is a cold and sunny day, so my heat pump consumes a…
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More on “Activitypub” and “Friends” plugin for WordPress
Let’s check what ‘Activitypub’ and ‘Friends’ plugins for WordPress do. After installing them, some widgets appear in the ‘add block’ menu: “Fediverse Followers” and the “Follow me on the Fediverse” are a part of “Activitypub” plugin. Thanx for correction, Matthias Pfefferle (@pfefferle@notiz.blog / @pfefferle@mastodon.social) Let’s try it out: Example of ‘Fediverse followers’ widget. It shows…
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How to setup WordPress to publish posts to Fediverse
One of the reasons I’ve set up my WordPress server was because I heard it could be included in #fediverse as a regular #fediverse server. That’s great, right? All of my posts will appear in the timelines of people who follow me, right? In theory, yes and yes. But in reality, it’s not so easy.How…
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Tuya 3-phase energy meter and Home Assistant
The issue with spike power readings on phase B / So, if you bought a cheap (~70€) Tuya 3-phase zigbee energy meter (with 3 clamps), you’ve probably noticed strange readings on a phase B and C (39xxx W) in #homeassistant. See the spike: It happens to me when my micro-solar inverter exports energy to the…
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Howdy
It was 1995 when I created my first homepage. It was called ‘Junkyard’, written in plain HTML and run on University’s VAX/VMS server. It’s long gone. Meanwhile, I’ve used other hosting places like Google’s Blogger and Linkedin. 28 years later, this is another attempt at my web presence. Recently I’ve set up my own WordPress…
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Popravilo pipe Camargue Toronto
Problem Voda iz kopalniške pipe (Camargue Toronto, stara eno leto) nima pravega pritiska – teče po kapljicah. Odstranil in očistil sem mrežico, vendar ni bilo pravega učinka. Sumim, da je pipa zamašena nekje drugje. Poleg tega – googlanje ni vrnilo nobenega pravega razultata, zato sem na hitro spisal tale navodila, morda komu pridejo prav. Rešitev…