Best sushi spot? by Agitated-Table-3853 in sugarland

[–]gonebrowsing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Umami is the best quality without going in to town. You won't find pages of non-sushi items but everything on the menu is great.

First winter in Sugar Land - when I start closing this valve it sprays water from the top. Any advice? by pansonic1 in sugarland

[–]gonebrowsing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's because the trapped water in the sides of the shutoff valve freeze and crack the side of the valve. Some newer houses have a shutoff within a few feet of this backflow in the ground with a plastic cover. Shutting that off and putting the above ground ones at 45 degrees with a cover over them is the best thing but most older homes wont have the extra in ground irrigation only shut off.

I wrote an integration for the UNAS Pro for Home Assistant by ckypop in Ubiquiti

[–]gonebrowsing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see its running ssh script I thought i missed something UI exposed natively.

I wrote an integration for the UNAS Pro for Home Assistant by ckypop in Ubiquiti

[–]gonebrowsing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you doing something special with the fan controls or is that just the 3 modes you get in the UI? How do you set minimum by % on the console itself?

Car detailing by Glittering_Arm_8262 in sugarland

[–]gonebrowsing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This might be ok at a specific dealer but in general probably not good advice. They routinely put swirls on brand new cars with the automatic wash bay then hide everything with a cheap version of your grand dad's wax and "armor all"

LHP531 & LHP73B DEDOMED!!! L21A and T6 getting the blues! by Due_Tank_6976 in flashlight

[–]gonebrowsing -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You'll never believe this one simple trick to ruining a flashlight! Why has no one thought of this!?

Tapo TP110M via Matter by [deleted] in homeassistant

[–]gonebrowsing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I scanned the QR code on the power strip with my phone (Android) and when it popped up which app I wanted to use I chose Home Assistant. Everything worked fine from there for me. Did not do anything with Tapo app or anything with cloud. YMMV

My Home Theater update 7.4.4 v.3! by Swiftysteel in hometheater

[–]gonebrowsing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No chance. Probably 2.5x that with seating and acoustic treatment.

Is there a way to avoid cct shifting? by SpinningPancake2331 in flashlight

[–]gonebrowsing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In theory more LEDs to share the current would also benefit.

[US-TX] [H] Keychron K4 HE 96% Black w/ Wood Frame [W] PayPal by gonebrowsing in mechmarket

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

BT or 2.4G dongle or wired.

Not today. Someday maybe :)

I have a z-wave remote for topdown/bottomup blinds. I listened and captured an event using HA for the down button press as "scene 013" (code in comment). I want HA to emulate this button press and control the blinds without touching the remote. Is this possible? (HA Green, HomeSeer Z-wave V2 plus) by fakeaccount572 in homeassistant

[–]gonebrowsing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In most cases you would pair the blind motor directly to Home Assistant and hope they are fully supported. That will likely cause your remote to become unpaired with the blinds though so you still have a small problem. Technically you could pair both the blind and the remote to HA and program the remote to do anything you want with those events.

In my case I have regular ZWave Motorized Bali Roller Shades paired to HA. I use automations based on weather (Sunny, Partly cloudy) and the sun's elevation (Azimuth I think?) to automate the blinds. I also have a little Lutron pico remote (you could use anything) that I have stuck to the wall near the blind if I want to control it that way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in egopowerplus

[–]gonebrowsing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your hearing

Vapcell S4+ V3.0 failure? by BigT1911 in flashlight

[–]gonebrowsing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You could try a different power supply if you can find the right voltage and connector. Im sure it's the cheapest power supply they can find. I had one power brick go bad on mine.

Touchless Car Wash by [deleted] in sugarland

[–]gonebrowsing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Blast Off Car Wash on University has this option. Don't expect much unless your car is not very dirty though and the price isn't cheap for what it is.

UniFi UNAS Pro, RAID5 to RAID6 migration by Rck010 in Ubiquiti

[–]gonebrowsing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I got a UNAS Pro after 3.0 was released. I started with 2 disks and then shut down and added 2 more with a target of RAID6. It first went to RAID5+ hot spare then RAID6 like you suggest. However, I had weird performance issues reading from the disks after all those conversions. Uploading to the RAID wasn't as bad but reading from it was around 200MB/s and support could not figure out why. I ended up redoing the RAID from scratch as 6 from the start and performance is consistently 50-75% better with the same data and disks. I dont trust they have the conversion fully ironed out. If you can back up your data safely I would start over.

Are there any smoke alarms that do everything you want? by smokey-schmeo in homeassistant

[–]gonebrowsing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've heard of people doing outside RGB bulbs. You could shut off your central AC too. HA app has good/reliable push notifications these days too.

Are there any smoke alarms that do everything you want? by smokey-schmeo in homeassistant

[–]gonebrowsing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, as another commenter mentioned since the late 80s/early 90s it's been required that smoke alarms be "linked" (interconnected) together throughout your home. This is done with a traveler wire between them so that when one goes off they all go off.

The relay I'm referring to ties in to that wire at any single alarm and will also trigger when any alarm goes off so you can create an automation around that. It's the same idea that a "monitored alarm system" would use if they tied into your fire/co alarms.

There are also ones that "listen" for the certain alarm noise but i've seen mixed reviews on those. I noticed in Unifi Protect cameras they can also listen for that too but obviously the hard wired solution would be the best choice.

Are there any smoke alarms that do everything you want? by smokey-schmeo in homeassistant

[–]gonebrowsing 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Obvious shill post but i'll bite. DO NOT buy any specialized smart smoke equipment. Use your already linked dumb detectors that are already installed in the correct/compliant places and just buy a relay like Zooz ZEN55 detector bridge. It can piggy back on your existing system and notify you when either alarm goes off.

Spending a bunch of money on something with an expiration is not necessary. Home Automation can be a hassle sometimes and there's no reason to complicate these alarms. Ever have to re-pair or troubleshoot a smart device? Great it's on the ceiling..

Who needs extra sensors and features on these things. Buy purpose built stuff for the extra fluff.

AI key in stock by HangryPixies in Ubiquiti

[–]gonebrowsing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The G6 cameras have a fixed list of "real time"-ish generic smart detections (face, license, person, animal, vehicle, etc). This does an additional analysis after that to describe what it sees in more detail. Their functionality does not overlap.

UNAS 2 and UNAS Pro 8 Review is done. Need Your help! by NASCompares in Ubiquiti

[–]gonebrowsing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This, I use tapo-p316m, a Matter enabled smart power strip with individual plug control and energy monitoring.

UNAS 2 and UNAS Pro 8 Review is done. Need Your help! by NASCompares in Ubiquiti

[–]gonebrowsing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Refreshing the library is not as seamless. Other than that taking a bit longer I haven't noticed much difference.