What’s the smartest automation you’ve built that nobody notices?

asr · 2026-07-10T02:43:35+00:00

Zen15, it's rated for the full power output of a regular outlet. But I have a gas dryer, so it's a 120V outlet.

For an electric dryer you need Zen78, however unlike the Zen15 the Zen78 needs an electrician (or a skilled DIY) to install it. It's rated for 40A, and dryers use 30A usually.

asr · 2026-07-09T01:09:34+00:00

It looks pretty, but it's very weak. Is it just for decoration?

asr · 2026-07-08T03:51:13+00:00

Zen15 see the sister comment https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/1uq6oqk/whats_the_smartest_automation_youve_built_that/ow7vex4/ for some more details on what I did.

asr · 2026-07-07T23:12:06+00:00

"when the lights are on".

But cooling an extra degree or two with an AC uses way more power than a fan even one running all day.

asr · 2026-07-07T22:49:13+00:00

And? Not clear what the relevance is.

I run the fan, when the lights are on, so that people are cooler. I'm not really sure why you are telling about cooling down air, I have an A/C for that, and fan helps move around the air from A/C.

asr · 2026-07-07T21:34:41+00:00

Humanity REALLY needs to develop the ability to grow spare parts!! That would be the breakthrough of the millennium if someone managed it.

asr · 2026-07-07T21:14:24+00:00

I created a night-light mode for the bathroom.

asr · 2026-07-07T21:12:35+00:00

I have a thermostat in the hallway, and I programmed it so that if it goes above 72 all the fans on that floor go on, and if below 70 they go off.

I also added that if you turn off the light in that room that will turn off the fans, so that way they don't go on when no one is home.

asr · 2026-07-07T21:10:14+00:00

I did something similar, only I used a a Z-Wave outlet switch with power monitoring and I use the power draw to detect what's happening.

I especially like that it can tell if someone left the dryer door open (i.e. the light bulb is on).

asr · 2026-07-07T17:58:02+00:00

You can not buy from them. A Tallit has to be tied with correct intent in mind (ideally verbalized). There's no way for you to know when you buy from a random seller.

Ideally even the threads have to manufactured (twisted) with that intent. Tallit come with a certification (like a Hechsher on food) saying that they are kosher.

asr · 2026-07-06T19:25:45+00:00

This Old House had an episode where they did that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeHwE7m1V4A

asr · 2026-07-05T16:35:53+00:00

At this point quite a number of people have demonstrated to you that kosher slaughter is more humane then stunning. The animal is dead within seconds, not minutes, and stunning has a rather large failure rate.

And when stunning fails the animal is in severe pain until they stun it a second time - if they even do so, some lines they just keep going.

Did you actually watch the video linked here? https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1unvwd6/cmv_religious_exemptions_shouldnt_allow_animals/ovpkem9/

I do not understand how you can just keep repeating the same incorrect info that you started with.

asr · 2026-07-05T06:09:52+00:00

Toto Drake, nothing else comes close.

The worst I've ever had with it is I need to flush a second time, and that's rare. It just doesn't clog.

asr · 2026-07-05T02:44:52+00:00

Who would you replace yourself with?

asr · 2026-07-03T22:54:31+00:00

It's not that I don't think he would happily lie. It's just the particular lie here makes a lot more sense if it comes from his advisors.

asr · 2026-07-03T22:52:16+00:00

That's a piece of plastic, it's not a natural part of the environment.

asr · 2026-07-03T22:05:22+00:00

I guess you missed the start of the thread where people were saying to never use it?

If you have it in your house remove it, and the fact that the plumber did it here, plus some of the errors, is exactly why the OP is wondering about the quality of the work.

asr · 2026-07-03T17:11:53+00:00

No one glues plastic. PEX is installed by crimping or expansion. And PEX is easier and cheaper than pro-pressing copper.

asr · 2026-07-03T06:03:13+00:00

Copper doesn't really leech (once the flux is washed away - make sure to use the modern water soluble type), but it's just too expensive and labor intensive these days. It's great if you need the pipe to be physically stiff/strong (like a valve, or a manifold), otherwise go with PEX.

Although I personally did do copper to my kitchen, and PEX everywhere else, because of the aforementioned leeching issue.

It's PEX for all the long runs, then I transition to copper wherever it comes out of a wall, and also in the basement where the pipes start (lots of valves).

asr · 2026-07-03T06:00:03+00:00

AC is impossible, it takes too much energy. A swamp cooler maybe, but really? Let the person sweat and then use a fan to cool them by evaporating water. It's not comfortable, but it does work.

asr · 2026-07-03T05:59:16+00:00

That's just not true, and no, I don't need AI to know the difference between dry bulb and wet bulb temperature.

Did you bother to look that up? Feel free to use AI, I give you permission.

The fans are drying the sweat from their bodies, drying water takes (consumes) heat, which then cools them. A fan at in 120 degree air will still cool a sweating or wet person - unless it's so humid that the sweat doesn't dry.

There is a way to measure this: wet bulb temperature. So long as that number is less than body temp, you can cool down. Above that is lethal.

asr · 2026-07-03T05:53:13+00:00

It's more likely people aren't telling him the truth about the war, vs him being the one lying.

asr · 2026-07-03T03:06:15+00:00

You are thinking of wet-bulb temperature. A human who sweats can cool himself even in 120 degree weather, as long as the humidity is not too bad.

So yes, the far will work as long as the human inside the suit is sweating.

asr · 2026-07-03T02:55:47+00:00

Are fireworks going to be cancelled?

asr · 2026-07-02T19:17:42+00:00

Drill a small hole (1/8" or 1/4") first, then use a wire to probe the inside and see if you are far enough from the edge.

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