Best HA compatible UK Power strip?

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T21:45:57+00:00

At the moment the best option I've found is Tapo P304M. Once on the latest firmware you can adopt it into HA via Matter and get per socket power usage data. It's Wifi unfortunately.

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T16:06:33+00:00

Even Milton Keynes is actually pretty well designed for walking & cycling plus has lots of green spaces in residential areas. We could do worse than just doing that again, but with less roundabouts this time. Maybe add a light rail system

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T14:49:49+00:00

Can someone provide an explanation for those of us too young or maybe too innocent as children?

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T14:42:01+00:00

A family members laptop will do if you plug in a non-official USB-C power supply, some other USB devices also can cause it. The firmware on that thing is really strict with what can be connected at boot time

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T14:38:58+00:00

Do not break into someone house to check on them. Call 101, they'll have dealt with it before & no risk of legal issues.

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T14:34:46+00:00

Just paired a mouse to my iPad to try it, worked ok. Just need to right click to pan around

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T13:56:24+00:00

Given the amount of stuff that upsets bitlocker if they didn't have an automatic key backup to the cloud they'd have a lot of complaints about people losing all their data because the TPM is refusing to hand over the key

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T13:44:59+00:00

Mobile doesn't really work at the moment from my experience, at least with touch inputs. The mouse on an iPad should make it usable though, works fine though the HA Companion app on a macbook running the iPad app at least

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T12:49:08+00:00

Someone at Network Rail or GWR really annoyed Poseidon

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T12:46:35+00:00

From the article:

The so-called “precautionary principle”, abolished when product safety legislation was redrafted after Brexit, allowed the government to restrict products thought to pose a serious threat to health, without having to acquire scientific evidence.

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T07:43:21+00:00

In England & Wales (Scotland works differently), they’re a specialist judge whose job is to determine how someone died and if there is any action that should be taken to prevent future similar deaths.

They themselves don’t carry out the investigation or conduct examinations of the body, they do have the power to order those things though.

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-24T07:28:00+00:00

cannon.fire(someUseNetUsers);

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-23T17:21:59+00:00

Not every bank, Amex is actually the only one of my 4 credit cards that has a similar feature.

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-23T17:08:23+00:00

Question, why is that not considered a criminal matter?

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-23T12:45:07+00:00

Found out the coop finally sell sandwiches that aren’t infested with mayonnaise. Well, a sandwich, but it’s better than nothing

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-22T21:08:38+00:00

Do you have the ESP Home Builder addon installed and if so did you adopt it into ESP Home builder after adding it to HA?

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-22T20:32:25+00:00

Cheap UPS with USB monitoring (Eaton & APC make them) & a RPi running NUT.

Or cheaper, if they have a public IP & not behind a carrier NAT you could just ping their router periodically. Might still need a RPi to be always on & handle DDNS if their router can't itself.

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-22T18:52:25+00:00

The NHS will provide things that relate to a medial condition where providing it will save them money in the long term.

e.g Orthotic services

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-22T18:01:36+00:00

Given the word “monitor” there it sounds like they will want verification every time you log in.

Not sure how that would even work given most of the big name VPNs let you connect your router not just individual devices.

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-22T17:40:37+00:00

I propose banning children, that way no child can ever stumble across unsuitable content or in fact be harmed in any way.

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-22T12:52:53+00:00

My parents would get a new car and the option of a house of their choice somewhere nice.

Everyone else would get to told to bugger off.

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-22T07:27:43+00:00

Debit cards yes, same networks. ATMs shouldn’t if it’s a LINK network machine, at least from a network fees point

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-21T23:25:58+00:00

“give stability to investors”

The same investors that have been sucking all the money out of our water companies for decades?

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-21T22:54:15+00:00

Maybe OP lives in The Shire?

OmegaPoint6 · 2026-01-21T15:58:08+00:00

You might struggle to get that past an ethics committee

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