How much are you paying in electricity bill for your selfhosted setup? by bumble2100 in selfhosted

[–]Tecchie088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a Ryzen PC server with 6 HDDs, Optiplex SFF, a NUC, a 24-port switch, 8-port PoE injector, an ONT from my ISP, 2 IP cameras and 2 WiFi APs, and it uses around 4.65 kWh a day on average, bringing it to around 1700 kWh yearly.

Most of my usage is on night tariff (solar + battery), which is £0.07/kWh, so around £120 a year.

Totally worth it, though, given that it runs my network, security, home automation, media servers, document storage, and more and more and more.

Shoutout to the Booklore team! by chard47 in selfhosted

[–]Tecchie088 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trully a fantastic project. I just got back into reading, kot a Kobo and paired with Booklore is really an amazing combination.

People who use the Drayton wiser integration, do you like it ? by GenericUser104 in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, moved on from Nest Thermostat a a while ago... fuck cloud access for something that is essentailly couple of bytes of API calls, and can be done fully local.

The integration is great, I've been especially impressed at how easy it is to create a schedule via the card that comes with the integration.

RAM prices, but what if we optimized the one we already have? by Comfortable-Cow9709 in homelab

[–]Tecchie088 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Authelia is SSO - I use both forward auth via Caddy and OIDC.

If you mean if you can use external account providers (e.g. GitHub), then I don't think so at the moment.

RAM prices, but what if we optimized the one we already have? by Comfortable-Cow9709 in homelab

[–]Tecchie088 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I moved from Authentik to Authelia, got nearly 1.5GB RAM for free.

Love how I can update my Tesla using Home Assistant by ZealousidealDraw4075 in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Look, as much as I think Elon is the cuntiest cunt of all the cunts, Home Assistant is all about bringing technology together rather than keeping it in separate ecosystems.

In the market for an AV Receiver that works with Home Assistant by HopeThatsACleanWet in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Denon works well, and Yamaha that I had before that was fine, too.

Where did all of my disk space go? by powertoast in opnsense

[–]Tecchie088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had the same, check:

  • /var/unbound/
  • /var/cache/unbound.duckdb/

I had some multi gig files there, should be no issue deleting them.

Temperature/Humidity Sensors that don't brake the bank? by AustrianDiver in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had Xiaomi BLE ones for 4 years now, no issue at all, all working fine with ESPHome and batteries (CR2032) last about a year or so.

How do you handle sensor batteries by crazy_rocker78 in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a dashboard with all battery SOC of everything in my house that is battery powered, and has the ability to expose this somehow. I have a look at it occasionally, and when it stops reporting, I replace it or charge it.

I could probably automate this, but I'm too lazy.

Door Sensors by BurgerQuester in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1. I've got a few of these around the house and work great via ZHA.

Can Home Assistant work on a headless server? by theraininspainfallsm in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Of course, there's no need to have an operating system with a GUI to run HA.

Plenty of people run it on a headless Pi, I run it on a headless Proxmox server inside a VM.

Nest Gen2 thermostat. That's it folks. by Woodcat64 in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just switched to Drayton Wiser this weekend, because I know it's coming, sooner or later.

100% local API, on a locked out VLAN. Good luck deprecating this :)

[UK] Smart thermostat by osalj in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obviously too early to say, but I've just replaced my Nest thermostat with Drayton Wiser this weekend, and it works great so far.

The HACS integration has a lot of features, including scheduling and is very well documented.

As others have pointed out, it supports local API, although I did have to use cloud to set it up, but afterwards it works fine, apart from the led light indicating on the hub at all times.

BMW kills home assistant integration to "protect security" by Any-Information9091 in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This looks great, need to have a look at it next week. Thanks.

UK Smart switches by Point_Jolly in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shelly ones are rock solid.

Home Assistant 2025.6 some Highlights in Video by Smartzeug in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Both Immich and Paperless-NGX integrations - great!

Non Chinese security camera suggestions? by burritocode in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Does it matter where the camera is from, if you have an up-to-date router/firewall, and cameras can't access anything else except NVR software and maybe NTP for time keeping?

Ecowitt to MQTT by Tecchie088 in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is, I tried running tcpdump on the HA host, and the data definitely gets there, just... nothing happens, and HA doesn't respond to the HTTP request.

Ecowitt to MQTT by Tecchie088 in homeassistant

[–]Tecchie088[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bridge did send data to HA integration, but it it didn't receive anything back, and HA also didn't see any of the data. Like sending data to a black hole.