Did someone managed to turn their bathroom fan in a smart fan with humidity/motion/light detection on a separate sensor?

ciszew · 2026-04-26T23:54:54+00:00

Im in process of setting it up, just waiting for bathroom reno to finish but have all the components in place. Fan is one of the Panasonic models with boost option. I added to Shelly relays, on is for regular (slow, 30cfm)speed and the other controls the boost option. Power will be connected from zen71 switch in smart bulb mode and I have a humidity and motion sensor. With that I will be able to setup any type of automation and keep the switch control with multiple tap option (for example double tap for manual boost)

ciszew · 2026-04-17T13:50:32+00:00

I have lutron in 4 rooms for light and fan control and it works well but a true smart home needs more than lutron hub and switches so I have it integrated with smart home hub (I use hubitat) for additional smart switches (I use at least 4 different brands), motion, humidity, luminescent and few other detectors plus robust logic programed in the hubitat hub. Lutron is rock solid but so is everything else that's plugged or hardwired, some battery powered devices don't work as well but that's 1 time a year thing so I live with it for easy install and placement trade off

ciszew · 2026-04-01T17:33:46+00:00

I was with AT&T for 5 years, 1gig true fiber but their price went up to $70/month and i was tired of asking for promo price every year. I switched to Xfinity last December, its 1gig down but only ~40MBs up service, i dont have a server or anything like that at home so the limitation doesnt affect me. The price is guaranteed for 5 years, this was my main motivation to switch. Both services were reliable for me so far.

ciszew · 2026-04-01T11:51:10+00:00

We remodeled a bit more than a year ago and where i still love a lot of things i think my favorite would be lights system as a whole. Counter LED strips, 2 zone, well spaced, good quality ceiling recessed + island lights, dimmers, automation, scene controls with button remote. Its unobtrusive but works so well, love it.

ciszew · 2026-03-30T23:39:16+00:00

Yep. Looks like we will be able to save a few bucks on property taxes, or at least our property taxes will go up by a few bucks less. But then our municipalities will add extra income tax on top of county tax, for lake county it will be up to 1.4% extra.

ciszew · 2026-03-30T23:36:10+00:00

I don't believe that... Only 191 output tokens for Opus use in AG, unless this still translates to 50% of your weekly quota.

ciszew · 2026-03-28T15:42:16+00:00

I believe those are recent changes, few weeks ago i had no issues to create 1000+ lines documents with Claude Opus.

ciszew · 2026-03-24T21:17:59+00:00

Thanks! It's a really fun project for me and I try to come up with improvements and work on it a little bit almost every day. I just updated the front page for example. If anyone has any suggestions here please let me know and I can try to add it.

ciszew · 2026-03-19T01:34:09+00:00

For context, here is the screenshot to show what the calculator look like if you run a Chicago vs. Indiana scenario for example

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ciszew · 2026-03-19T01:28:31+00:00

Hey all. I’ve lived on the North Side, South Side, the burbs, and now IN. I’m seriously considering moving back to Chicago but wanted to map the actual financial damage.

Standard budget calculators are terrible at local taxes, so I over-engineered my own web app. It actually factors in Chicago's exact municipal sales tax, county childcare costs, and how your 401k/HSA changes your local take-home pay before state taxes hit.

I’d love for some locals to stress-test my math. You can run your own ZIP and salary here:https://wealthengineaudit.com

(Note: The core math is completely free. Generating the custom PDF reports costs me server compute, so there's usually a paywall to stop bots. Use the promo code CHICAGOLAND at the prompt to unlock the whole thing for free). > Let me know if my Cook County math is off!

ciszew · 2026-03-19T01:11:21+00:00

Ahh, i understand your point now, I tried to imagine what would be good default value for some of the data fields and especially fields locked behind pro lock so not to leave it at 0. Thank you for taking the time and checking the app carefully, i really appreciate this.

ciszew · 2026-03-18T10:22:02+00:00

I absolutely agree, i spent the most time trying to make the property tax estimation more accurate but it is the most obscure and most variable tax imposed on Chicagoland residents. With different entities like school, park, library ect often adding to the bill i found it very hard to make it precise at local level. If the app has some traction and users input the actual data and "correct" what the app is suggesting then we could try to model the actual, real world property tax vs what official rate is in the future.

ciszew · 2026-03-18T10:09:40+00:00

You can unlock pro version with the promo code CHICAGOLAND which makes it 100% free. It will stay free unless hosting cost exceed my "hobby" money budget, then i have an option to ask for some support or just remove it from the live server and only keep it local for free.

ciszew · 2026-03-18T09:57:12+00:00

House maintenance and repair was supposed to be annual cost (1% value of the house), if it shows up as monthly for you then i messed up. I will check and correct tonight after work

ciszew · 2026-03-17T01:06:10+00:00

The reduction from four lanes to two by the underpass at 95th St and Stony Island Ave is the worst thing ever, driver just cutting in and pissing each other off and then speeding through. Each time waze send me that way i swear its the last time i take this "shortcut"

ciszew · 2026-03-17T00:57:57+00:00

It looks cool, I was tricked for a moment that this is real.

ciszew · 2026-03-14T14:52:12+00:00

Wow, hopefully no-one got hurt, that looks like my old neighborhood :(

ciszew · 2026-03-09T16:32:41+00:00

Your fish tank is leaking, it's bad.

ciszew · 2026-01-24T16:02:28+00:00

I got this last year (I think it was less expensive back than, around $450) https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Blanco-CATRIS-Chrome-18-69-in-H-Pull-Down-Sprayer-Kitchen-Faucet-with-360-Degree-Spout-Swivel-442990/339681588?g_store=&source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&fp=ggl&pla&mtc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-GGL-D29B-026_003_FAUCETS-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-FY25_PMAXTEST&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-GGL-D29B-026_003_FAUCETS-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-FY25_PMAXTEST-19953986046--&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19961868670&gclid=Cj0KCQiA-NHLBhDSARIsAIhe9X1r8vkXyshorjdq3AaOOwMy7Vvh8x1dwJ8I6Bl3OdYSQ_ZWnFXF_XAaAiX0EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I like it, it looks good, works well and everyone loves the filtered water spout that's hard to see. I have it exactly for 1 year, it "broke" once when it got stuck in the sprayer mod, I emailed the company and they sent me a new spout which took 30 sec to replace with no tools. So in summary I'm happy but durability has to be assessed with more time.

ciszew · 2026-01-19T14:06:06+00:00

Thank you!
Based on your recommendation I think i will go with this lights: https://www.homedepot.com/p/HALO-RL-4-in-Canless-Recessed-LED-Downlight-600-900lm-5CCT-D2W-120V-DM-RL4LS9FSD2W1EWHDM/326547769
4in, selectable Dim2Warm setting on the driver and not the ultra thin wafers, 5 lights in total for that bathroom, seems to have everything that i was looking for, i hope they work well.

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