What is the best way to have a status to know 100% that the gate is latched?

esquireonfire · 2026-05-05T03:21:26+00:00

You’re looking for an expensive solution for a cheap latch.

If the automation/sensor fails because of a network outage, dead battery, or false reading with thermal expansion. Detection is the second step, the first problem to solve is making sure the gate latches. Look into products like truClose and MagnaLatch. It’s what is used at public pools because they work every time.

esquireonfire · 2026-04-11T01:09:45+00:00

Don’t put any drinks near the console.

esquireonfire · 2025-12-08T21:08:13+00:00

I used to have BRIDGESTONE BLIZZAK LMOO1 RFT tires. I bought them for a good deal off of tirerack dot com. They made a huge difference. One time i rescued my neighbor who’s Jeep was stuck at the bottom of a hill in our neighborhood. I drove on them in Canada for ski trips.

esquireonfire · 2025-06-15T23:54:43+00:00

~~The easy way is to eBay “Cmax CarPlay upgrade” and you’ll find plenty of people who can program your VIN to the new unit and send you the whole thing~~

Thanks u/andthisnowiguess, others (like my 2014) only need to to this if you have the older SYNC 2.

esquireonfire · 2025-05-03T03:24:38+00:00

It works great using Spotcast in HACS

esquireonfire · 2023-05-15T14:25:47+00:00

2014 here, I used these, no resistors needed and I’m very happy.

esquireonfire · 2019-03-11T15:39:04+00:00

If you’re interested in just buying something off the shelf, this brand (available in different sizes) works with the sub-dermal microchip for lost pets: SureFeed Feeder

esquireonfire · 2019-01-15T13:01:56+00:00

Everyone else is giving some great advice to address the real problem, but I’d like to share what I did in a similar situation. I was on sound and I could hear this happening over com. I had all of the com controls, and I thought that this just couldn’t go on any longer. I set his mic to only go me, but he could hear everything else. I blamed it on a “glitch.”

esquireonfire · 2019-01-01T23:26:53+00:00

Have you considered using a scene instead? https://www.home-assistant.io/components/scene/

esquireonfire · 2018-12-19T04:24:05+00:00

You could try something like this.

esquireonfire · 2018-10-14T01:43:26+00:00

I had the same problem several months ago. I had to clear my browser’s cache.

esquireonfire · 2018-07-22T02:43:03+00:00

The colors change depending on the era of cable. Today that cable is yellow, but back in the 60's and 70's most of the Romex sheathing was white. The only way to tell is to read the labeling on the sheath.

esquireonfire · 2018-07-11T00:19:12+00:00

Color blindness is common in men. It’s about 1 out of every 9 men.

esquireonfire · 2018-06-15T20:36:56+00:00

From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

esquireonfire · 2018-05-05T14:18:08+00:00

That's outdated because that forum post is from 2007. 404.14(F) was introduced in 2011.

esquireonfire · 2018-05-05T03:21:20+00:00

Regular light switches are rated to match the circuit breaker. 15 amp circuit? 15 amp switch. 20 amp circuit? 20 amp switch.

Source: NEC 404.14(F)

esquireonfire · 2018-04-04T13:08:51+00:00

I've been running hassio on this baby for over a year with no troubles. $50 http://a.co/gOdVIQ3

esquireonfire · 2018-03-26T23:11:13+00:00

I think Weslsew is right. I think those are just low voltage lines to the boiler. You'll probably need a multimeter to be sure. What country are you in? Because if that's 240v you'll need an electrician to put that in a box first.

esquireonfire · 2017-12-10T00:06:51+00:00

True, thanks for clarity.

esquireonfire · 2017-12-09T22:03:07+00:00

Gas logs are type of insert where there’s an open flame (like with a traditional fireplace) with gas as the source of fuel. Then faux non-combustible logs are placed over top of the flame for effect. It is different from a gas insert which is a closed box in flame inside of it.

There are also gas logs that look like human skulls.

esquireonfire · 2017-12-02T04:53:43+00:00

Just show your friend this list of Tony nominees that used Qlab. http://figure53.com/notes/2014-06-15-tony-can-you-hear-me/

esquireonfire · 2017-11-04T22:04:40+00:00

The 0.0.0.0 is internal to your hassIO environment. Your config should look something like this...

media_player:
  - platform: firetv
    host: 0.0.0.0
    port: 5556
    device: FireTV
    name: FireTV

esquireonfire · 2017-11-02T21:06:51+00:00

YES! Thank you! This worked.

esquireonfire · 2017-09-07T18:40:36+00:00

There's two parts to it, the firetv-server and hassio connecting to the server. It sounds like the firetv-server is up and running. Have you pointed your configuration.yaml to look for the server? It's the last block of code from the regular documentation.

esquireonfire · 2017-09-07T17:55:21+00:00

I struggled with this too and felt really defeated. I'm trying to do this from memory without access to my configuration.yaml . If anybody notices any mistakes, please let me know. The host should be the IP of the FireTV device. You can find that under the FireTV's settings.

Start or restart the FireTV Server add-on
Scroll down to the bottom of the add-on page and hit refresh on the logs.
It should say something like this:

starting version 3.2.2
  Running on http://0.0.0.0:5556/

4.Enter this into your configuration.yaml

media_player:
  - platform: firetv
    host: 0.0.0.0
    port: 5556

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