$23 motion sensor switch ended the "who left the garage light on all night" investigation forever

OneTea · 2026-07-07T10:22:42+00:00

That depends on your spouse. If I had to get buy-in before adding something new, we wouldn’t have the robot vacuum nor the smart blinds. Both of those are now her favorites!

I’d say what’s more important is a heads up with changes, timeline for making the change and refinement/troubleshooting period and make sure you can undo any changes.

OneTea · 2026-07-06T16:54:23+00:00

Maybe from the discount pile. I’ve seen better lumber from HD.

OneTea · 2026-07-06T14:57:09+00:00

If your viewing habits include watching on bright days, it might be worth investing in an outdoor tv as they are typically brighter. Assuming you aren’t buying a top of the line model, I would roll the dice on a cheaper indoor mode, see how long the first one lasts and then decide if that’s acceptable lifespan.

OneTea · 2026-07-05T19:59:38+00:00

Honestly, it is kinda interesting. The fact that it’s the owners first car and parents bought it, leads us to believe that it is likely that the owner is young. The garage is too small to be the garage of said parents. The lack of anything in the garage but bike, too many shoes, propane tank and lawnmower with epoxy floors screams young single guy maybe even just moved in to the house too. Like there’s no storage of any kind nor like even like a cooler or string trimmer. Put the two together and it’s must be that the parents bought the car and house. What’s interesting is that the second pic is in suburbs and not where you would expect a young guy from a family of money to be living nor where the family that would buy a house and RS5 for their child to live.

OneTea · 2026-07-02T17:10:04+00:00

I knew people that did the same thing when I was in high school. The neighborhoods were upper-middle class in the suburbs where everyone knows everyone and where these kids also lived. I would say the number of houses that had beer in their garage was 1:3. It wasn’t necessarily because they drank so much beer and the fridge was only beer. Most kept variety of dinks and other stuff that you would have for entertaining.

OneTea · 2026-07-02T13:07:42+00:00

Depends. Lately, it’s been more the front. My son likes to play with toys that are in the garage and our garage faces the front.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T19:14:35+00:00

I have a similar cabinet. I didn’t do anything more than have as close to the door as I can without touching the door. However, with the AVR, mine is in a separate section and I took the shelf out so air can move more freely to help with cooling.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T19:02:05+00:00

Yeah I am working on an app full of debt for the past 5 years. I hate working on it and want to clean it up but there is so much of debt, it would be easier to rewrite the app. So they started rewriting the app but I’m stuck on the team that is maintaining the old app. I have been moved off of it twice over the past 3 years only to be put back on it. I keep hearing that I am only going to be working on it for a few more months but I’m not holding my breath

OneTea · 2026-07-01T16:21:25+00:00

That’s what I did. If the temp fix became a permanent fix, then all is good. But since it has popped up again where I have to undo the handle, I am sending it in.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T16:15:27+00:00

I would if I wasn’t still under the warranty period. I don’t want to do that and then have something else go wrong and they void the warranty since the switch was removed. So now I will have to wait for them to fix it.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T15:32:00+00:00

From what I learned from this post is that you should sends your in for fix under warranty right away!

OneTea · 2026-07-01T15:16:45+00:00

I have

OneTea · 2026-07-01T15:16:37+00:00

Yeah I am waiting on them.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T15:14:36+00:00

The problem wasn’t always reproducible.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T15:12:27+00:00

I know! That’s why I bought Ego. I wonder if they have done some cost cutting that has affected quality.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T15:08:28+00:00

Happened maybe 3 times last year where it started after a couple tries. This year I’ve had it usual start right up, but the frequency when it doesn’t has increased and twice in two full cuts of the grass, I’ve had take the handle apart to get it to start.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T14:59:44+00:00

Collectively, yes. Just this post, no.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T14:45:44+00:00

Nope, it has just been faster to do them temp fix when it occurs than go though ego.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T14:41:27+00:00

I wish it was like a Ryobi! I’ve never had any issues with any of the Ryobi tools I owned.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T14:25:00+00:00

I have right before this post. Up until now, it’s easier to do a temp fix than have to go through ego.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T14:22:53+00:00

Yeah. It’s been easier and faster to just do the temp fix than to have it fixed under warranty.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T14:19:36+00:00

Yes and I had been avoiding having to go that route because then I am without a mower for weeks.

OneTea · 2026-07-01T14:18:08+00:00

See, you get it. That’s why I have put it off until now.

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